Questions for Gene!

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 12:23 am

1. What font do you use for your comic?

2. Mind a cameo in my comic?

ZOMBIE USER 7262 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 7262** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 11:46 am

I'm not Gene, so expect this to be wildly inaccurate.

#1: It looks like he hand-letters the comic. I could be wrong.

And, I'm not Gene, so I can't even fathom the answer to #2.

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Ekevu Cheetah · Post by **Ekevu Cheetah** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 12:16 pm

On 2002-03-14 11:46, Elix wrote:
#1: It looks like he hand-letters the comic. I could be wrong.

Hmmm you might want to take a look at these, where you can be sure Gene DID use hand-writing... Ref: 2000-08-09 (panel 4) and 2000-12-25 (last panel).

Oh, by the way, Gene, when I was looking for these comics-- I was at the ancient Canovian part (Ref: 2001-01-17) and wondered, did you create a font for these or just fill the speech bubbles manually?

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Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 10:58 pm

No, I know hand-lettering, and the type is waaaaaaaay too regular for hand-lettering. Plus, I recognize the font, but it's one I don't have, so I don't know the exact name for it.

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 11:00 pm

Oh, yeah...

I remember he mentioned that that was a font he made long ago... but I don't remember for certain

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 2:44 pm

On 2002-03-14 23:00, Jen Aside wrote:
Oh, yeah...

I remember he mentioned that that was a font he made long ago... but I don't remember for certain

Hey, Jen's back! Hello Jen!!!

Now, as to your questions... The computer
font I use (and yes, you're right, I do use a
font, although I very often mimic it when I
can't get the fonted text to fit where I want
or for special effect) is Wild And Crazy,
which I purchased years ago from Active
Images/ComiCraft. They have tons of fonts
and graphic effects for comics available, and
you can check them out at http://www.comicbookfonts.com/

And yes, I would be very honored to
cameo in your comic! I had Hysteria appear
very briefly in mine, you know.

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 2:47 pm

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On 2002-03-14 12:16, Ekevu Cheetah wrote:
Oh, by the way, Gene, when I was looking for these comics-- I was at the ancient Canovian part (Ref: 2001-01-17) and wondered, did you create a font for these or just fill the speech bubbles manually?

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Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 10:30 pm

Font Creater Program 3.0

...although, you'd have to use it akin to "WingDings," since each symbol represents a word, and FCP only makes variants of each letter, but it's still a program to make a font

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 11:00 pm

Wai! I can't find the "Wild and Crazy" font

...I guess I'll have to "improvise"

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Fri Mar 15, 2002 11:18 pm

Whassamatta, tired of using that "Unlike Minerva" font?

Ok, Ok, I'll get back to work... ^^;

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 5:27 pm

On 2002-03-15 23:00, Jen Aside wrote:
Wai! I can't find the "Wild and Crazy" font

...I guess I'll have to "improvise"

The Wild and Crazy font is one of their most
basic "bread and butter" type of fonts, and
as such is usually offered in a package that
also offers basic sound-effects, simple ballons
and such. If you visit the http://www.comicbookfonts.com
site and click on the "Comic Book Fonts" icon
you will be taken to the fonts selection
screen. Scroll down to almost the very bottom
of the page and you will see a line of clickable
options, one of them being "Zap Pack". The
basic Zap Pack will offer the Wild and Crazy
font as well as the options I mentioned.

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Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Tue Mar 19, 2002 1:26 am

Too late

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Tue Mar 19, 2002 8:06 pm

On 2002-03-19 01:26, Jen Aside wrote:
Too late

Oh well... gave it my best shot.

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:21 am

I'm surprised you wouldn't have noticed

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 7:21 pm

On 2002-03-20 05:21, Jen Aside wrote:
I'm surprised you wouldn't have noticed

*chuckle* If you mean, about your GREAT cameo
of me in your comic, yes of course I noticed
that!! ^____^ I was (in my response) thinking
more along the lines of your possibly wanting
to use the font for your own purposes, in the
future! Incidentally, it's fascinating that
you got Vince and Fnar in there - I had, in
fact, a comic sequence that I was thinking of
using back when Pepe was planning his cameo
of me in his comic. But Jack turned out to be
such a complex and intriguing character that
I put aside that story and will be writing
another sequence with Jack in my comic later
on.

http://www.genecatlow.com/images/2001jack1.gif

Jen Aside · Post by **Jen Aside** » Fri Mar 22, 2002 4:34 am

Niiiice

No, any changes I've made to my comic have been intentional and with at least some degree of explanation afforded... even if it's subjective as to HOW it's explained

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Fri Mar 22, 2002 2:30 pm

On 2002-03-22 04:34, Jen Aside wrote:
Niiiice

No, any changes I've made to my comic have been intentional and with at least some degree of explanation afforded... even if it's subjective as to HOW it's explained

Yes, I know - that's one of the things I love
about it. It is neat. Especially Hysteria.

Wallaroo_Blacke · Post by **Wallaroo_Blacke** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 8:43 am

Gene... you never told me YOU had an... AMIGA!!

You and Eric W. Schwartz own Amigas ?!

Dang... and I'm stuck with a Gateway. >:(

Genecatlow · Post by **Genecatlow** » Sat Mar 23, 2002 3:54 pm

Gene... you never told me YOU had an... AMIGA!!

You and Eric W. Schwartz own Amigas ?!

Dang... and I'm stuck with a Gateway. >:(

::chuckles:: In one of my very earliest GC
installments I was playing one of the games
that tech types who've been around awhile
play: Name the Vintage System

What chunks
of silicon sophistry that long ago went to
the Great Computer Room In The Sky have you
ever programmed, owned, or just messed with a
lot?
Yes, I have an Amiga... actually, a few
Amigas, though I only still have active files
on just one of them. And I probably shouldn't
get into the numbers and/or vintages of the
other systems I own... I'll be here all day!