So, we’ll start at the beginning again… Better Letterer #1 – Personal Pronoun “I” in Comics #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin… 
It’s worth noting that with the advent of contextual alternates in OpenType fonts, professional comic book typographers are including features that handle this for you. (I’m going to update the graphic. Shoulda done that before posting…grumble…)
Okay, I’ve updated the infographic to include the note about contextual alternates.
Better Letterer #2 – Kerning! #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #3 – Dynamic Sound Effects! #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Getting a lot of messages about special circumstances for the barred-I, and I can answer all of them with this:
Ask yourself…is this the personal pronoun “I”, or an acronym? If the answer is NO, then you use the slash-I if you want to follow English lang. mainstream comics.
Ask yourself…is this the personal pronoun “I”, or an acronym? If the answer is NO, then you use the slash-I if you want to follow English lang. mainstream comics.
I'll do three more Better Letterer infographics each weekday until I run through them all. Cool?
Better Letterer #4 – Don’t Cross Balloon Tails #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #5 – Properly Stacking Text in Dialogue Balloons #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #6 – Consistent Balloon Tails #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #7 – Line and Negative Space in Comics Dialogue #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #8 – Non-English Dialogue #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #9 – Proper Use of Quotation Marks #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #10 – Using Italics in Comic Dialogue #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #11 – Ellipses and Double Dashes in Comics Dialogue #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #12 – The 94% Line Width Cheat! #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #13 – Layering Balloons in a Conversation #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #14 – The Essentials #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #15 – Two Schools of Balloon Making #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #16 – Consistency of Radio & Thought Balloons #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #17 – Visual Differences in Point Sizes #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
Better Letterer #18 – Typographic Terminology #comics #lettering #blambot #tips Read more: blambot.com/pages/letterin…
…and that’s all for now!
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