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- From: jittlov@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Jittlov)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov,alt.politics.kibo
- Subject: Lettering
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 13:21:41 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- Summary: l e t t e r s
- Keywords: Lettering, Drawn, Out, Kibo
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- Kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry) asks:
- >Have you ever drawn any lettering?
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- Jittlov Data Record - What have I done with my life:
- Word Search: Drawing
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- I have drawn pictures
- I have drawn animation
- I have drawn attention
- I have drawn criticism
- I have drawn a salary
- I have drawn a crowd
- I have drawn a curtain
- I have drawn a blank
- I have drawn a bath
- I have drawn a bead
- I have drawn a bow
- I have drawn a gun
- I have drawn fire
- I have drawn flies
- I have drawn shades
- I have drawn straws
- I have drawn a sword
- I have drawn women
- I have drawn conclusions
- I have drawn the line
- I have drawn out a joke
- I have drawn letters <<<*!!!
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- Ah. Why yes, I drew and designed the lettering for both posters
- of the WIZARD feature, as well as the feature's opening titles
- - not to mention titles for my many filmlets.
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- I collected many books of typefaces, in the 70's to create titles
- and credits for my filmshorts. But seldom found a typeface that
- fit the mood, or was even consistent in its style. Since the "J"
- or the "M" usually lacked strength - both letters prominent in my
- name and friends' - I started altering the letters, and eventually
- just drew my own. My style seems to match my heritage - Nordic
- and Oriental, with a borrowed dash of Arabian Nights.
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- As a mere kidling, I considered the lettering taught in school to be
- awkward and oddly unlike its printed version, so I made up my own
- letters - which were unique, but eventually accepted by my teachers.
- Except for their size.
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- My natural handwriting has gotten even smaller, since - it's about
- 25 lines to the inch. No explanation. Saves ink, saves trees.
- And it's seen in the WIZARD feature in a zoom-in shot.
-
- --mjj
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