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Fontsperiments
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Akima on 16 Sep 2010, 15:31 ---Drumroll....
* I've always thought that #1 (Blambot Casual) is a bit compressed-looking and "type-y", but it goes pretty well with Jeph's "machine-generated" speech-balloons.
* I find #2 more readable, but I don't like the way the comma in Dora's line "Okay, I guess that means you pass" merges with the "y".
* Option #3 leans to the left, which always makes a font harder to read IMHO.
* I favour #4. It looks less type-y than #1 and I find it easier to read. It looks better with the more rounded speech-balloons too, if that's the way Jeph decides to go.
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It is amazing how close this is to my thoughts on the matter, to the point of being effectively word-for-word regarding #2.
sieckanddestroy:
I must express my distaste for this new font...although I guess I'll get used to it.
Nightson:
Didn't take me four days, I didn't even notice the change until I read Jeph's twitter and looked at it again.
J:
i'm partial to #4.
not a fan of the hand drawn bubbles though. i find they distract from the artwork abit, as opposed to the more uniform cg ones. after awhile though, i'm sure i'll get used to them & jeph will get better at them, so it doesn't matter all that much.
tomart:
Thanks for laying them out side by side.
I've done mucho typesetting and font selection myself, and this is the gist of all i've learned: (oversimplified, of course)
I find #2 significantly EASIER TO READ, and that is more and more important when you've spent too many hours at computers, and as we age... ...
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