tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post1839665254470743652..comments2024-03-17T19:14:19.034-07:00Comments on Chris Schweizer's Old Blog: Lower-Case Letters and Classroom Comics UseChris Schweizerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14892452974942301398noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post-2571452678442503702019-06-17T08:45:58.180-07:002019-06-17T08:45:58.180-07:00I've been lettering all in caps my entire life...I've been lettering all in caps my entire life... it just seemed right to do so. I never realized the details or the alternative use of upper/lower case until I stumbled across this article. Well done. I also realize that this post is nearly six years old, but oh well... knowledge is timeless.WOLFIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707380112895192610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post-21733047244963781882013-07-26T13:55:24.012-07:002013-07-26T13:55:24.012-07:00YOU MAKE SOME GREAT POINTS, CHRIS. IT IS CERTAINL...YOU MAKE SOME GREAT POINTS, CHRIS. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT NECESSARY TO LETTER IN ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME.<br />I think, however, that comics should be governed by artistic intent, not the choices of the educational system.<br />For example: cursive is now unfashionable to teach. How would "Batman: Year One" look and feel with no cursive lettering whatsoever? Maybe such a well-designed comic is the exception, not the rule.<br />If your client/audience would benefit from mixed-case lettering, go for it. If anything, your post should be seen as a call to put more consideration into lettering, not a declaration that mixed-case is the "right" way to letter comics. MAYBE I'LL THINK ABOUT SWITCHING!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post-15086470116955791612013-07-26T12:25:32.176-07:002013-07-26T12:25:32.176-07:00Great post, Chris. Might be worth looking over Jas...Great post, Chris. Might be worth looking over Jason Lutes's lettering again. Best upper/lower lettering I've seen!Alec Longstrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14666833759420519261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post-64261755815948738492013-07-25T10:10:29.776-07:002013-07-25T10:10:29.776-07:00Great post, Chris. Just a couple of things to add:...Great post, Chris. Just a couple of things to add:<br /><br />The idea behind the greater readability of mixed case is supposedly that you get "word shapes" that you don't with all upper case. I dug into this a bit at one point and from what I could find, there really isn't any convincing data to either confirm or refute this claim. (I found a good roundup of current research but apparently didn't bookmark it.)<br /><br />Also: It's possible I'm mistaken, but I think the reason that all-caps has historically been favored in comics is space economy, not the number of lines drawn with the guide. (Most hand letterers I've seen draw a third horizontal line anyway in order to place things like the middle "tine" of the "E.") <br /><br />Because you have to allow room for descenders with mixed case, you need a bigger balloon area for the same amount/point size of text as you would for all-caps.Ben Towlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717951608540012709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1254075469504800220.post-22104930305142292442013-07-25T09:57:11.059-07:002013-07-25T09:57:11.059-07:00Buh! I've been hearing more and more graphic n...Buh! I've been hearing more and more graphic novel (mostly YA) artists talk about moving to Upper/Lower case lettering and I didnt get it till you laid it out there. It makes sense. But I think I'm as hung up about it as you were. I think if I do a YA book it would definitely be something I'd need to do.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Will Terrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13889827791466788896noreply@blogger.com