Comments on: Happy Mother’s Day! http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/ A Comic by Norm Feuti Tue, 21 May 2013 23:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: laridian http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1222 laridian Tue, 10 May 2011 01:58:06 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1222 Thanks, Norm! And it’s really cool that you answer fans’ questions. :)

]]> By: Norm http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1212 Norm Mon, 09 May 2011 12:10:21 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1212 Anecdotally, I would say that the majority of syndicated cartoonists still hand letter their strips.

A font is absolutely easier, but not necessarily better, or even faster.

]]> By: laridian http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1202 laridian Mon, 09 May 2011 11:20:14 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1202 Is there any data on how many cartoonists still hand-letter syndicated strips? I would think it’s easier to type using the font, but having never drawn or lettered a strip, I don’t know.

]]> By: Orchid64 http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1192 Orchid64 Mon, 09 May 2011 00:57:26 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1192 Glad to see Gill again! Thanks for this.

]]> By: Norm http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1182 Norm Sun, 08 May 2011 20:35:24 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1182 The lettering in Gil is done by hand. The lettering in Retail is done with a font I created.

I often think about switching to hand-lettering with Retail, but I’m always afraid the sudden change will be off-putting to people who have become accustomed to the look of the strip.

]]> By: laridian http://retailcomic.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day/#comment-1172 laridian Sun, 08 May 2011 15:21:06 +0000 http://www.retailcomic.com/?p=6159#comment-1172 Awesome :)

Norm, I have a question – is the lettering in Gill / Retail done by hand or is it an available font? I would’ve thought Gill was hand-lettered, but it looks like it might be a font of some kind?

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