Where the "comic book font" came from
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So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper.
Want to learn more about comics lettering? You can't beat the writing of legendary letterer Todd Klein:
http://kleinletters.com/
Special thanks to Collector's World in Annandale, Va, as well as Comicraft and Boom! Studios.
Check them out here:
http://collectorsworldva.com/
http://new.comicraft.com/
http://www.boom-studios.com/
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Want to learn more about comics lettering? You can't beat the writing of legendary letterer Todd Klein:
http://kleinletters.com/
Special thanks to Collector's World in Annandale, Va, as well as Comicraft and Boom! Studios.
Check them out here:
http://collectorsworldva.com/
http://new.comicraft.com/
http://www.boom-studios.com/
Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app.
Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H
Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o
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