[comics] Wizards of Leroy (And Wrico) Lettering … Todd Klein writes about a mechanical lettering technique found in 1940s and 50s comics and some of the letterers who utilized it. ‘It’s a slow and time-consuming method of lettering. You hold the T-square firmly in place with one hand while keeping the template against the top edge and sliding it to the right position with the other to ink each letter. Correct spacing comes by trial and error while watching the ink pen. It took me at least four times as long as regular freehand lettering. I lettered one story with it, and vowed to never do so again! (I made a font from it.) As with most things, if you practice enough, you’re bound to get faster and better at it. That’s what happened to Jim Wroten…’
Todd Klein on the Wizards of Leroy Lettering
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