A Type 1 font for cartoonists. After studying many different styles of lettering used in the comics, I saw there was enough of a “common thread” to have the keyboard (with a few adjustments) replace the bulk of the lettering done by pen & ink.
The “thread” consists of two basic concepts. First, cartoonists tend to use all caps (avoiding ascenders & descenders for design purposes). Secondly, they use a set of letters that represent dialogue (straight pen & ink lettering) and another representing expression (POW, BANG, Z-Z-Z-Z, WHAM, etc.).
ComicsCarToon is, as you will find, three all caps fonts in one (Dialogue & two sets of Expression on one keyboard). I felt two sets of expression styles were needed for variety — by using one or the other or intermingled.
Dialogue is all caps and made with lc keys: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 -=;',./ also,
use Shift for !@#$%&*()+:"? <(superscript 00) >(superscript 99);
The first set of Expression style is all caps made with the shift key:
use the Shift for ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and (_) is a dash.
The second set of Expression is all caps made with the Option-Shift keys:
use the Option-Shift keys for ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 and … , . ? " = and (\ is :);
and use Option for & ( ) , . ' ! (\ is ;) (m is m-dash) and (d is $).
• KeyCaps or the control panel device "PopIt" are good for quickly viewing, locating and/or using special characters.
Use for cartooning, eye-catching notices, ad display or to convey spontaneous, impulsive expression. Use it for copy needing to convey messages of the cartoonist. Instead of reaching for the pen and india ink to carefully print dialogue inside balloons, you now reach for the keyboard, click away, and then surround with a balloon.
Works well with ATM. Move printer file into the system folder, and install screen font via SuitCase or DA Mover etc. If your software does not use AFM files, that file may be discarded.
Try and ENJOY!.......then if you use it, honor the shareware fee of $14 and note if you're using Type 1 or TrueType. I'd also like to know where you downloaded/obtained the font: AOL, CompuServe, a MacUsers' Group or BBS, Shareware Disk or CD-Service, etc. If you SHARE this font, please include all files and documents in one folder. I'm especially pleased with response from professional DTP users AND MacUser Group and BBSs members. Fonts are available both in Type 1 and True Type Formats on AOL and CompuServe.
I currently teach drawing, painting, printmaking, year book DTP, and commercial art to future artists, possibly typographers (alias) high school students; and produce serious art for local, regional and national juried exhibitions, and I golf. I enjoy receiving samples/copies of work in which my fonts were used (an ad, layout, poster, brochure, newsletter etc.). I show the works to students -- they enjoy seeing what real people are really doing in the real world today with computers, DTPublishing and graphic design, especially on a Mac.
Comments, suggestions… both bricks and bouquets always welcome to
Pat or Gail at the above address or:
CompuServe: 76307,2431.
America Online: Rps82
Hint: a software library search entering Rps82 will list all of my fonts
except OregonWet which is under Rps8. On CServe search/find 76307,2431.
History:
Since creating my first font SnyderSpeed Brush (11/91 v.1 upper case only), the encouragement of shareware fees and/or input from users, allowed me to update SnyderSpeed by adding lower case (1/92), plus create OregonWet (on AOL's Nov. 91 top download's list), OregonDry, MarkerFeltThin 2/92, MarkerFeltWide 4/92 (used by Aldus Magazine's "New Comics" article, pgs.18-20 July/Aug '92 issue) and StarsAndStripes 7/92; updates to MarkerFelt Thin v2, MFWide v2 and SnyderSpeed Brush v3 9/92; ComicsCartoon 10/92, both top downloads( CToon was featured in Aldus Magazine article March/April '93 p.15); NeedlePointSew 11/92; MarkerFinePoint 3/93.
• 1/93 Altsys Corp. (makers of Fontographer) used the MarkerFelt Fonts for a major mail promotion announcing Fontographer for the PC and purchased all of my fonts, also asking for a news article regarding how I use their program to create fonts.
