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Chase | Commissions... Open!! @chaseburns.art · 26/09/2026

My fourth font for the @cartoonist.coop Letterer Challenge 2026! This prompt was "Horror", as if that wasn't obvious! It has lots of alternate characters! You can download it here: chaseburns.itch.io/scrawling-da... #font #openfontlicense #lettererchallenge2026

an image displaying "Scrawling Darkly", a gritty comic book font.

there's a speech balloon that reads "Wanna hear how long I can scream? Aaaaaiiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!! Hold on, let me try that again..."

Made for the Cartoonists United Letterer Challenge 2026

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Uses opentype ligatures to switch up side-by-side duplicate characters. Vowels have 4 alternates! Alts can also be picked manually, for variety.

Displaying this feature is a speech balloon that reads "Thiiisss iiisss hooow slowwlllyy I caaaaan taaallkk" and 4 "urgh!"s with different alternate letters.

Good for sound effects (Maybe even better than for dialogue…). Demonstrating this are stylized sound effects that reads "Splat", "Aaaiiieeee!!!", and "drip drip".

another image displaying "Scrawling Darkly", a gritty comic book font. this one displays all of the characters included in the font, with many alternates.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Celebrate life and tell people that you love them.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Whoever came up with this is a genius. bsky.app/profile/just...

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Ben Sidi @bensidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Welcome to The Amazing Digital Circus! I'm your Letterer for this series, and I hope you'll enjoy it! Translation by Nova Skipper. Edited by Andrew Bartosh. I'll put some of my SFX in this post! [1/3]

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“The first revolution is when you change your mind about how you look at things, and see there might be another way to look at it that you have not been shown.” ― Gil Scott-Heron

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Chase | Commissions... Open!! @chaseburns.art · 05/09/2026

My first font for the @cartoonist.coop Letterer Challenge 2026! The prompt was "romance", even though the font doesn't traditionally look it... You can download it here: chaseburns.itch.io/tell-em-shak... #font #openfontlicense #lettererchallenge2026

an image displaying "Tell Em Shakes", a wiggly typeface.

a caption reads "comic book lettering seen through ghibli tears??"

a comic speech balloon reads "uhh... I have something important to tell you--I... err... I love you!"

Made for the Cartoonists United Letterer Challenge 2026!

another image displaying "Tell Em Shakes", a wiggly comic font.

a speech balloon reads "ursula! oh, ursula!! how I’ve missed you!" some of the letters are highlighted in blue.

Opentype ligatures make side-by-side doubled characters different. Alternates can also be picked by hand.

another balloon reads "don’t you (sob) love me anymore~~?"

breath marks and a shaky line that’s more wiggly than the em-dash (—) can be typed with {{ }} and ~~ respectively.

the font is pretty versatile!

there is an evil-looking balloon, with white text on black background, reading "come on and follow me into the darkness...", and a balloon that resembles a fishbowl full of water, reading "what? can’t you breathe underwater?"

another image displaying "Tell Em Shakes", a wiggly comic font. this one lists the four styles: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. it also displays all of the glyphs included in the font

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

KAGURABACHI Iai White Purity Style making its debut in volume 8 (chapter 70 iirc).

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rafael zaiats @cornpunk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

first 6 volumes of the sequel Baki series are available for pre-order and it shows some of SFXs I made in the preview 🫣 once they're out i gotta do a little thread about lettering it or something

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Some images from LYNX volume 1 released earlier this month by @viz.com Lettered in a more traditional way, this time I drew speech balloons and the text (not something usually done in manga lettering). SFX were handled by tokitokoro and they look amazing as well as everything else 🥹

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Cassiel SparklePony ✨ Covid is Airborne 😷 @sparkleponycass.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hey my wonderful friends! If any of you know translator Andria McKnight, you know how amazing and sweet and wonderful she is. Well, now she needs our help. If you can donate, please do. If you can't, please consider sharing. She's going through so much right now. 😭 www.gofundme.com/f/help-andri...

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Donate to Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire, organized by Alyssa Weldon

Andria McKnight, a veteran translator, is facing a heartbreaking loss afte… Alyssa Weldon needs your support for Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire

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Maggie @magpon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Bringing back Mushishi in a hardcover edition that it deserves has been such an honor. Mushishi's storytelling and art is timeless. Accessibility to classic manga is so important. (Side note: Oh man, this is now "classic." Please don't tell me I'm old.) Huge shoutout to my amazing dream team! 🫶

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So, How Does The Green Work, Anyway??? Working on the lettering (English text) for The Guy She Was Interested Wasn’t A Guy At All has been an interesting experience. I primarily work in black and white manga, or on rare occasions, full color.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Been messing around with video editing for the past few days, so here’s a silly something I made for the release of Kaiju No. 8 Relax volume 3. Not much lettering in the video, but we'll get there eventually lol.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Congratulations to everyone who works on MUSHISHI. There are so many people behind the scenes that make these book what they are and every one of them should be proud right now. Fantastic job!

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Some lettering from D.Gray-man 29. I don’t normally work on the series, so it was a nice surprise being asked to pinch-hit for this one ☺️

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

SCAM ALERT: Do not order from www.fantagraphics-us.com, it is not a legitimate website! They have cloned our real website and are stealing people’s credit card information. If you want to order directly from us, please do so at www.fantagraphics.com.

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 14/08/2026

Three-panel comic with the titles "TEEN COMIX" and "BEANSON '15". The first panel shows a smug-looking person wearing sunglasses and a white shirt with the text "NO FEAR".
The second panel has been edited to show the text "accidentally leaving a 'v' in a balloon".
The third panel shows the same person, now looking less smug, and their shirt now says "ONE FEAR"

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 05/08/2026

reminder I'm running another manga freelancer meetup for ANYC, and you can sign up to get information here 👇

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 29/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our font making workshop! The recording is now up on our YouTube channel for all to watch 🖤 youtu.be/wvdv1bmhYtU

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Designing Your Own Font w/ Sara Linsley

YouTube video by Cartoonists United

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Ben Sidi @bensidi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The whole book is full of action SFX. Go get a copy and enjoy the meal 💥😋 "Samples from different chapters within vol.2"!!

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Some Record of Ragnarok (19) lettering. Fun fact: For this series, after all the English SFX are drawn and placed, it takes an average of 120 hours to erase the Japanese underneath.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Some custom brush work I did for the first volume of Assassins Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga from Viz Media.

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 16/07/2026

I’m running a meetup for Anime NYC this year for manga freelancers/pros/friends!! Signup here for details when they’re available:

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Some lettering from the new Star Wars Visions Tsukumo manga I worked for Viz Media.

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Beyblade X volume 6! Here's some SFX I lettered for it that I think are neat. I don't have the final Japanese pages on hand so no comparisons this time.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Pages like this are why letterers stay burned out and behind schedule 😂😭

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I do not like retouching gradients

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congratulations to all the @screentoneys.com winners. The only award that counts! 😉

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Cal C @cdcubed.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

ladies, please get off twitter it's not healthy for anyone, including recently-hatched queers, or translators who need a magnifying glass and high-res .tifs to process your doomscrolling feed

6 manga panels, showing a woman looking at responses to her post about coming out as a lesbian on "Tweeter". Some are positive, but she's focusing on the haters. Wow, couldn't be me! ;)

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Dominion Tank Police lettered by Tom Orzechowski.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Incoming. Can’t really show what it’s for, but it’s gonna look sick once it’s printed 🥷

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Mangasplaining @mangasplaining.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We're honored that SEARCH AND DESTROY by Atsushi Kaneko, based on DORORO by Osamu Tezuka, has been nominated for Best Continuing Manga Series at the 2026 American Manga Awards!

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some lettering I did for vol. 9 of Hayashida Q’s, Dai Dark. Drawn on paper using a standard pigment liner, scanned and then placed using Photoshop.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 08/06/2026

Billy Bat sound effects thread! Brendon (@lettererbrendo.bsky.social) and I adore the way Urasawa draws sound effects, and are so excited to adapt the Billy Bat sound effects into English. For years, we'd talked about the quirks they have and how to replicate them. Here's a thread of comparisons!

An image from the manga Billy Bat, showing a sound effect lettered in English.

An image from the manga Billy Bat in Japanese.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 02/06/2026

Billy Bat volume 1 is out in English now! It's my favorite comic ever, and I'm so grateful that I get to letter this edition alongside @lettererbrendo.bsky.social. We literally fantasized for years about stylistic choices we would make if we ever got to letter it, and I want to share about those!

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 29/05/2026

Record Journey volume 1 is out in English now. The Japanese volumes have super cool book design, so I wanted to see how they compare. The biggest visual difference is the gloss finish. Colors appear much brighter, and there's less texture in the image compared to the Japanese matte dust jacket.

Japanese and English editions of the manga Record Journey volume 1. It shows two women standing in a record store. The Japanese edition is on the left, English on the right. The Japanese edition is a matte finish with duller colors. The English edition has a glossy finish and bright colors.

The back covers of the English and Japanese volumes of Record Journey.

Closeup comparing the corners of both front covers. Texture and color differ.

Closeup comparing the edges of both front covers. Texture and color differ.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Japanese posters for The Terminator and Blade Runner. Both logos were designed by Kiroku Higaki in the 80s. I love that they both widen at the base, giving them a subtle sense of moving forward. I could stare at this stuff all day. Higaki is an absolute master.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 29/05/2026

Ah, yep. Looking at the other chapter titles, that seems like the case. I see resizing artifacts on the edges of the letters, so it might be two images layered within indesign causing an interpolation issue.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Restoring some of the rough pencil marks left behind by the artist. Most people will probably never notice details like this, but I think they add a lot of character to the page. Sometimes it's the imperfect bits that make the art feel alive. #manga #lettering

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Some lettering for Dai Dark 9. Lettering translated work is always a strange balance. You’re changing the page while trying to preserve the feeling of the original. As letterers, we just do our best to preserve what made it special in the first place.

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Philly English @kernedout.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Pure insanity. Let's not forget, on top of lettering and erasing the Japanese, letterers typically lay out the book, add page numbers, chapter titles, do contents pages, TL notes, under jacket and preview pages—possibly within a 7-day window. The work that goes into manga localisation is no joke.

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