Sunday, May 15, 2011

February 18, 1954: Baby Linus has a lot of energy


Read this strip at gocomics.com.

Schulz uses a few different styles of large-form lettering, and we can see them all here in close proximity.  We find outlined and filled in examples of:

serif:

serif-ed












sharp-cornered (in the M)










square-cornered









rounded simulated pen strokes 1










rounded simulated pen strokes2

2 comments:

  1. ... "simulated" pen strokes? Wasn't Schulz using a pen?

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  2. He's using a pen to ink in strokes that look like they were made by a larger pen.

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