The origin of the “comic book font”

Phil Edwards, writing for Vox:

Comic book culture is mass culture — even lacrosse moms and field hockey dads who’ve never been in a comic book store can recognize the “comic book font.”

But calling it a font is a misnomer — as the above video shows, this distinctive style of handwriting is an aesthetic shaped by culture, technology, and really cheap paper.

Watch the video.



2 thoughts on “The origin of the “comic book font””

  1. That Ames lettering guide was used by draftsmen before it was used by comic-book letterers. Comics lettering is a less-formal descendant of the style of lettering used for drafting engineering and architectural diagrams.

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