When I talked about A looking like A and R looking like R, it was Anime Ace I had first and foremost in mind.
Anime Ace – The bane of my existence because so many typesetters use it and yet it’s so, so ugly. To round off today’s post, here are four popular fonts you won’t catch me using and why not.ġ.
There are exceptions to this, which is why it’s a guideline, not a rule, but in general I like fonts that look relatively ‘normal.’ A should look like A, not a triangle, R should look like R, not B, etc. CC Jim Lee, Lafayette.Īlso I’m not an expert on font evaluation, so I don’t know a thing about kerning or spacing or what makes a good bold font or a bad one, but I look for well-shaped, sensible-looking letters, i.e. Some fonts are nice in smaller sizes, but not so impressive at larger sizes, e.g. Once you become a veteran typesetter (not that I’m one or anything) you’ll use your own tastes and judgment to pick what fits you best, but I hope this will help newbies who are starting out and are feeling overwhelmed by the thousands of fonts out there.īefore I dive into what font I do use though, this is my very general guideline for picking fonts: It has to be legible, it has to be simple and it has to look good at the size I want to use it at. Instead I want to go over the works I’ve done so far and explain why I chose the fonts I’ve been using. are well covered in other typesetting guides, so I won’t focus on those too much. So anyway, that’s where I come in. The tips and tricks like centering, using text boxes, avoiding too many size changes etc. About the only one I know is Vorbis’ guide to typesetting, which is essential reading for any budding typesetter.
But while you can find quite a number of step by step redrawing tutorials showing how something was redrawn, it’s far rarer to find an explanation of why a particular typesetter used a particular font for a particular manga. I’m sure it’s natural for anyone with a hobby/specialty to take a close look at the work of others in the same line of work, so to speak, and you can learn a lot by studying how other people do something. I don’t read as much English manga now as I used to, but when I read one these days, I pay attention to the translation and I pay attention to the typesetting.
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