I think the real purpose of this strip was just to let Charles Schulz play around with drawing type. This had to have been easier to render than the gothic text he drew for Schroeder's German.
Monday, December 20, 2010
August 14, 1953: Speech Balloon Typography
I think the real purpose of this strip was just to let Charles Schulz play around with drawing type. This had to have been easier to render than the gothic text he drew for Schroeder's German.
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It's kind of amazing to think...For example, I only have one "handwriting", and I can't really change it. But Schulz is able to write in completely different fonts.
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Well it's not really _that_ big a deal, after all he's got straight-edges and caligraphic pens and other tools to help him. And cartoonists usually work at a larger size than you see on a comic page.
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