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Comics Lettering Theory Part 1by ~themightyfro

Cartoons & Comics / Digital Media / Cartoons / Drawings

Here is Part 1 of 2 (see below for the linke to part 2) of the second of my adventures into comics lettering tutorials. This one has lots more picture examples, so I had to split it into two parts. This isn't so much a direct tutorial as an exploration of some of the theory behind different uses for lettering. For example, here we'll be talking about: creating emphasis using bold and italics, the effects of breaking up dialogue in different ways, the use of the double dash (--) and ellipsis (...), color and typography. In the first tutorial we learned what buttons to press, now we're going to talk about how to use that knowledge!

Special thanks to

and

who did the art for most of the example pictures.

Again, I'd like this to be a work in progress, so please give me your questions, comments, complaints, and general feedback!

When you finish, here's [THE LINK TO PART 2 OF 2]

- chris

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~godeyes Nov 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

this is very very helpful!!! thanks so much!!! i nearly choked when i read that pirate joke btw lol

~ShahirahLikesMilk Oct 1, 2011 Student General Artist

I thank you so much for this!

~kalkie Aug 12, 2011 Professional Filmographer

This is a highly informative piece of tutorial for an important part of comic making! Thank you for taking the time to compile all this.

_{Might I suggest you submit this over to ? It's an active site for tutorials of all kinds and I know a lot more people will be thankful for this.}