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Here's the whole backstory on fonts in Avatar, the SNL sketch, and my part in it all! Had a blast talking to Jake, too.
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I wrote about 
Papyrus, both the pitch-perfect SNL sketch and the infamous font that inspired James Cameron to make it the logo of AVATAR.
My latest for @ringer: theringer.com/movies/2022/12
Papyrus, both the pitch-perfect SNL sketch and the infamous font that inspired James Cameron to make it the logo of AVATAR.
My latest for @ringer: theringer.com/movies/2022/122
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I can't count how many times someone has sent me a link to this sketch... and I'll rewatch it every time. 🤣 Proud to have helped design the Toruk font, and become part of the lore!
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'Avatar' producer Jon Landau says the 'SNL' 'Papyrus' sketch confirmed how culturally significant the movie was several years after its release. ew.com/movies/avatar-
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The first lettering font I designed from scratch and totally on the computer was BITHEAD for the voice of Ghost Rider 2099. Equal parts graffiti lettering and 80s videogames, it was maybe a bit too crazy, but totally fun to make and letter that amazing art with!
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The 30th Free Font Update for our 30th Anniversary! BITHEAD was created on the computer by @johnroshell for GHOST RIDER 2099 & Ozymandias in X-MEN: ONSLAUGHT. Remastered with complete BARK & BYTE families, alternate letter shapes & Crossbar I Technology™! comicbookfonts.com/Bithead-font-p
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30th Anniversary Free Font Update #29/30: DIGITAL DELIVERY. Created by for the incomparable to letter REINVENTING COMICS, this friendly & easy-to-read pen style was used on the letters pages in ELEPHANTMEN. comicbookfonts.com/Digital-Delive
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30th Anniversary Free Font Update #27/30: TREACHEROUS. Originally designed by for GAMBIT titles, this sharp font has appeared on vampire & rock magazine covers, Darth Maul & Star Trek Klingon merch & the logo for the INHUMANS comic & TV show! comicbookfonts.com/Treacherous-Co
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30th Anniversary Free Font Update #23/30: GRANDE GUIGNOL. Inspired by Art Deco & Art Nouveau posters, this set defined the look of 's MARVEL'S FINEST book designs in the 2000s & & 's comic ASK FOR MERCY in the 2020s!
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30th Anniversary Free Font Update #21/30: WILDWORDS! Designed by for Jim Lee's WILDC.A.T.S. ADVENTURES in '95, WildWords has become one of our most beloved & widely used fonts! Now with automatically cycling alternate letters & Greek support. comicbookfonts.com/Wildwords-font
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A font that's flown under the radar, but I've always loved! I'm a kid of the '80s so anything with horizontal gaps gets me... :D
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November Free Font Update #12/30: ENEMY LINES. Designed by @johnroshell for a project that never launched, this font found its home on the covers of the "Questionable Things" arc of our comic ELEPHANTMEN! Get the update at comicbookfonts.com/Enemy-Lines-fo
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Kiss Psycho Circus was one of the craziest and most fun lettering jobs I ever tackled. Still love the font, too.
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30th Anniversary Free Font Update #9/30: KISS AND TELL! Originally created by @johnroshell for KISS: PSYCHO CIRCUS in the late '90s, this font is one of our most versatile and popular offerings! Update features auto alternates, Manga characters & more comicbookfonts.com/Kiss-And-Tell-
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I had a serious graffiti obsession and put it into comics... why not?
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November Free Font Update #8/30: PHAT BOI - designed by @johnroshell for titles and credits in the mid-'90s cyberpunk comic GHOST RIDER 2099, it's our go-to whenever a wall needs scrawling! With improved spacing, language support & Crossbar I Technology™ comicbookfonts.com/Phat-Boi-font-
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This is the just the nicest thing to hear today. Thank YOU, sir.
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Everything I know about lettering, I learned it from @Comicraft. Every book I’ve ever lettered, it has @Comicraft in it. I salute you, people! Thank you so much and Happy Birthday! twitter.com/johnfreeman_DT…
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30th Anniversary Font Update #3/30 - DIVINE RIGHT! This chapter title font materialized in Jim Lee's Wildstorm comic in the mid-'90s, eventually reappearing on the covers of WOLVERINE. A free download for existing customers, or buy anew at comicbookfonts.com/Divine-Right-f #comicraft30
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November font update #2/30: RESISTANCE IS…! Created for Sentinels in X-MEN: AGE OF APOCALYPSE & later used in BATTLE CHASERS and ELEPHANTMEN.
Updated with European language support & Crossbar I Technology! comicbookfonts.com/Resistance-Is-
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Comicraft turns 30!
To celebrate, we're posting a free update to a classic Comicraft font each day of November for our customers on comicbookfonts.com
And look for new Print on Demand editions of our books Elephantmen: War Toys and Tim Sale: Black & White on
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Our first free font update is for the first font we released, at San Diego Comic-Con in 1995 -- COMICRAZY! Update includes smoother outlines, improved spacing & kerning, and our first-ever Hebrew alphabet! Get the update in your Order History comicbookfonts.com/orders.asp #comicraft30
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1/ There was a lot of resistance to digital comic book lettering in the 90s but & I built a business based on good will, hard work and honest enthusiasm. Thanks for reading, especially if you got this far, and here’s to the next 30 years!
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1/ Within a very short year or so, during which time and I lettered MARVELS for , we were suddenly lined up to letter BATMAN PUNISHER and GENERATION X with Electric Crayon on colors. This allowed us to work completely electronically — no more paste up!
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Spent a little time today making color fonts from SPILLS for the teams tonight! A free download for all font customers.
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The World Series starts tonight, so we created Color Fonts of our baseball script font SPILLS for both teams! Both are FREE FONTS for our customers -- log in at comicbookfonts.com and click the link at the top to download. Have fun with the fonts, and enjoy the games!
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1/ Oooooh! Look what made! I will have a very very limited amount of these at this year because they’re SPECIAL ! comicbookfonts.com
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Happy #backtothefuture day! Been in the lab rebuilding my DoubleBack font from the ground up, with new weights, alternates and two variable fonts with full control of Width & Warp! Get it for half price at comicbookfonts.com/Double-Back-fo thru Nov. 12 and $20.15 will go to
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8/ And, of course, she wasn’t dead, so ’s got to design a new logo for her five years later…
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Try out my new font
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New font coming your way..! Take it for a test flight at swelltype.com/commercial-fon
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#Comicraftober Day 2
1/ I’m counting down to the Studio’s 30th Anniversary and, with your indulgence, gentle reader, recalling the twists of fate that led me & to revolutionize comics with Digitally Remastered High Density #comicbooklettering
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1/ This November and I are celebrating 30 amazing years of ! So to kick off #Comicraftober I’ll be posting stories that led to the creation of the Comicraft studio and some significant comics and graphics along the way…
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My latest Comicratf, drawn with my actual blood! OK, it was on the iPad with Draw (RIP!) and assembled in (with help from Drewes)
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Our new font BLOOD BEAST has arrived in three weights -- Regular, Bold and Heavy -- but we recommend you don’t tackle any of them unless you are brave of heart and prepared to save the soul of the poor victim who was left with the Mark of the Blood Beast! comicbookfonts.com/Blood-Beast-fo
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How I adored this show!!!
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55-years ago today the 'Spider-Man' animated series premiered on ABC (1967) …
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Fantastic!!
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My cover for ABOVE SNAKES #3 is out in the wild!!!
Go pickup issue #2 (out today, from @Cleanlined, @SeanChrisLewis & me at @ImageComics) & ask your shop to hold you my #3 cover while you're at it! It's a big lettering cover that will take you on a wild ride.
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There’s nothing more nutty than that couple hours where all of MAGA is waiting silently to find out what they’re supposed to think
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Maestros de la Guitarra nos deleitan con este gran tema de Michael Jackson, Billie Jean con el Barcelona Guitar Trío.
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“This is going to enrage Trump’s base”
Bro, the words ‘Happy Holidays’ enrage Trump’s base
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Lowe's pays a median of $24,600.
In the pandemic it has made $12.6 billion in profit and put $13 billion into stock buybacks and dividends.
If it had given the money to employees, they would make $61,100.
Overall, companies have spent 5x more on shareholders than employees.
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Fourth free sketchbook font is up! 24 hours only, so grab it now if you like it. And let me know what you think…
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Sketchbook Font Day Four font is posted (for 24 hours only) at swelltype.com/the-sketchbook
I only had time to finish the lowercase, but you get “Soft” and “Sharp” versions — that’s two for the price of one! And they have a bunch of connecting letter pairs; see if you can spot ’em.
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