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Published: 2015-03-07 03:27:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 8130; Favourites: 276; Downloads: 28
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Lol There are so many more tips like don't "Bastardize" your font, avoid using the outline stroke option if you can help it.(If you resize your text, make sure you hit that command + shift key to avoid rescaling and altering the original typeface by squishing it etc. Looks hideous)
Sorry, I was put through graphic design training and some of it retains.
Although my typography teachers would probably spank the crap outta me for making all the grammatical, kerning, spacing and leading errors. Whatevz. I'm not that anal about typography nor do I always following art rules.
But certain guidelines though...are healthy for aesthetic reasons.
I've attempted to read a lot of your entries...and after extreme zooming, I still have trouble reading the text.
Color contrast helps as well. Black on white, white on black is legible. White background, yellow text....not so much. Dark purple on black, not legible.
Also, yellow texts are ALWAYS hard to read, your eyes grow tired after awhile. Just as reading red text. It'll make you angry.
Notice how no aesthetically pleasing, well designed website does that yellow body text or red text?
(Headlines are a different story)
If you've hand-written your entries...Well 1. Just know I'll be analyzing your personality because I'm a creep. 2. I hope it's legible.
Otherwise, I'll just stare at the art and have no idea what the story was about. 0_0.
Just 2 more days until the Black Star contest ends. Good luck ^^
View my comics here www.webtoons.com/viewer?titleN…
View contest entries here: Angler-Army
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Comments: 74
merpeat [2015-03-07 22:06:47 +0000 UTC]
I get that feeling
How my eyes strain to read it but I still desperately do it to be able to comment on it
I already have glasses, am I supposed to get blind now?
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snailcodex [2015-03-07 18:23:36 +0000 UTC]
I know what you mean. Staring at a text, trying to figure out what the heck it says.
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IllyDragonfly [2015-03-07 17:55:06 +0000 UTC]
You know that actually I look at your comics to become a better comic 'writer'? It's funny that you did a tutorial, thank you!
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AirySheep [2015-03-07 16:30:40 +0000 UTC]
i'm crying on the inside right now. My comic for the contest was coming out so good over my vacation, and when i get by to my home i step into water. Apparently a pipe burst in my roof and when me and the family were cleaning up the mess the bag with my computer and drawing tablet goes missing. I'm sorry SnaiLords that i couldn't give in my comic...
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NikkiHoshima [2015-03-07 15:58:20 +0000 UTC]
I know the agony of wanting to read something and the typeface is full of details =_="
It often happens when the character starts to speak in another language, a very common example, actually.
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scarlette13 [2015-03-07 13:53:09 +0000 UTC]
I can only agree with this. I spent so much time trying to read comics with interesting art but failed to decipher the text. What´s wrong about simple letters? Thank God of all snails that your comics are always readable.
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Nais-KUN [2015-03-07 09:51:04 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for this, I've been Having some trouble with parts of my comic (it's not ready yet but I m still in the rough drafts).
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Gone-Artistic [2015-03-07 05:35:59 +0000 UTC]
I enjoyed this. It's nice to know someone else appreciates legibility. I already have glasses. I don't want to have a decipher hex code for the type too.
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SnaiLords In reply to Gone-Artistic [2015-03-07 05:46:44 +0000 UTC]
hahahahahahh I feel you lol. I'm too blind for this...lololol
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SnaiLords In reply to Astrall99 [2015-03-07 05:11:38 +0000 UTC]
lulz beautiful Nope is beautiful
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AmyNChan In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 05:13:10 +0000 UTC]
What about comic sans? Or is that total and utter blasphomey? 0.o
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SnaiLords In reply to AmyNChan [2015-03-07 05:22:49 +0000 UTC]
Hahah I personally find the typeface childish.
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AmyNChan In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 15:21:34 +0000 UTC]
I actually really like it, but to each their own I suppose. *^_^*
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SnaiLords In reply to AmyNChan [2015-03-07 18:16:43 +0000 UTC]
Yeah
My typography professors penalized students every time they used "comic sans" and "Papyrus" "Arial"
saying those were too default..., and we should learn to be more "mindful" etc.
LOL and several typefaces were blacklisted as well. At first I was like "The fudge..."
After 5 years, I assimilated their views.
What the font, man...I'm brain-washed.
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ShivaTheHellRaiser [2015-03-07 04:54:28 +0000 UTC]
I'm gonna show this to my successors in yearbook. They will need to know this when choosing next year's book fonts.
SnaiLords, what is your opinion of Comic Sans if you don't mind my asking?
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SnaiLords In reply to ShivaTheHellRaiser [2015-03-07 05:06:34 +0000 UTC]
Comic Sans looks too childish for my taste hahah XD
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ShivaTheHellRaiser In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 05:50:22 +0000 UTC]
My co-editor and I have a long standing war. He loves it and I have a strong, negative opinion on it. He made a sign on the yearbook room wall that said "Comic Sans is lov, Comic Sans is life!" and under it in red pen is my comment of "Comic Sans should only be used if you're an eight-year-old girl writing a poem about unicorns". Our adviser is done with our font shenanigans. XD
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drkkrystalviolet [2015-03-07 04:45:41 +0000 UTC]
I hope you can actually read my entry sadly I have no scanner or anything that can help clear it up
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SnaiLords In reply to drkkrystalviolet [2015-03-07 05:07:18 +0000 UTC]
I will read through all entry by Sunday.
But if I can actually "read" each individually or not, lol idk, that's up to the artist
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Winged-Wasabi [2015-03-07 04:14:28 +0000 UTC]
I had planned to use my handwriting so
//prepares to be analyzed by you
creep
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SnaiLords In reply to Winged-Wasabi [2015-03-07 04:26:33 +0000 UTC]
lulz I'll creep away then
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Winged-Wasabi In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 04:31:37 +0000 UTC]
But then again it's also a great way to convey emotions so
i will accept your creepiness
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SnaiLords In reply to Winged-Wasabi [2015-03-07 04:41:12 +0000 UTC]
Yep XD I do enjoy reading your feels via your handwriting
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Annabelle-Ailuros [2015-03-07 04:14:05 +0000 UTC]
I think my entry was good on those.. Idk though.. I'm nervous about it. Lol
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SnaiLords In reply to Annabelle-Ailuros [2015-03-07 04:26:58 +0000 UTC]
hahahah so many entries....
and honestly for this specific contest. I don't know how to determine a winner.
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Annabelle-Ailuros In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 04:30:48 +0000 UTC]
Idk either o.o there's so many with such good illustrations, others with beautiful writing... So on and so forth. You have a tough decision ahead of you. Good luck! ^^
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Axcell-Excels [2015-03-07 04:03:10 +0000 UTC]
I won't be submitting anything 😕 I really wanted. But things happen. And now I can't after I had many things drawn. Thanks for the tips! They will serve me for good! ^_^
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Axcell-Excels In reply to SnaiLords [2015-03-07 04:10:04 +0000 UTC]
X3 muahahahaaa I'll keep my secrets.... XD lol
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Rutana [2015-03-07 04:00:17 +0000 UTC]
Hmpf... already put the thought of entering aside, now you make me want to enter again....
too bad I'm more a writer then illustrator :/
Can't I bend the rules a bit to enter outside of competition? Not for a price, but just for the fun of it?
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SnaiLords In reply to Rutana [2015-03-07 04:08:28 +0000 UTC]
Ummmmmm, you can write your stories out...
but I can't guarantee to read it. Since reading takes more time and if I allow someone to submit their writings,
it opens the gates to many more. (I've been quite occupied and can't guarantee to be able to read all entries unless it's an art page)
You're still free to share, other Anglers might read your stories. ^^
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AlanSteenhouwer [2015-03-07 03:58:05 +0000 UTC]
Looks like this one book I had to read english class, called: Exercises in Style. That was a weird book.
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SnaiLords In reply to AlanSteenhouwer [2015-03-07 04:00:23 +0000 UTC]
Lolz Never heard of it.
XD
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