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Oh dear....
Vol 21 of Skip has dropped quite a lettering problem into my lap.
A new side character has entered the story with this volume, and she writes in a journal. As stated before, I pick unique fonts for each character's handwriting, matching personality to the font style, which normally is rather fun. "Would this character have girly handwriting or would it be more guy-ish?" That type of thing. With this new girl, however, it's more than just chosing an appropriate font. Apparently she vents her anger in her journal, so the more she writes in an entry, the crazier and angrier her handwriting gets. ^^;;; Can you see my problem??
For her handwriting to grow progressively angrier, I need to choose a font that I can replicate by hand, as there is no way to adjust an actual font and make it wilder. I'm going to have to write the angry parts myself. *wince* That alone is a challenge, but it's worse because....I write like a guy. Seriously. In no way does my handwriting appear girlish. It does help that when someone is upset, their handwriting is more angular and sharp than curly and rounded, but still.
I'm going through my fonts one at a time, saving copy layers for each font that might work. Once I reach the end of my massive font collection, I'll go back to these finalists and try to find a font that's 1. easy to read, and 2. I'll be able to replicate convincingly with my own handwriting. Heh heh heh. *has massive sweatdrop*
And yes, this is definitely a pink page.
I wonder how other letterers would deal with this situation: progressively angrier and wilder handwriting?? Not everyone has a tablet. Huh.
Anyway, I'd better get back to it. Wheeeee!!! I'm glad I finished today's quota, as it means I can take as much time solving this problem as I can. I'll bet I'm going to need it. (I really really hope this journal writing turns out to be a rare occasion, I truly do...)
ETA: We have a winner: Dr. Eve L! This font appears to be easiest for me to match while still looking slightly girly. It definitely doesn't have the bookish lowercase a and g, which is definitely a help for me. The desicion was made by me writing an angry-styled sampleof the last sentence for each different font. Dr. Eve L came out on top. Now I just have to make it work. Wheeee again!
ETA2: That was a bust. The change from font to my handwriting was too obvious, so I chucked the font and wrote the whole thing by hand. --;; Let us hope I didn't err, and that the translation ins't tweaked in corrections! The font choice is't a complete loss, though, as I can use it to plan out how big to write and where the words will break on the page. That will save some time when next we see this character's journal.
And she officially has MY handwriting as her own. With luck, she won't be too girly...
ETA2 continued: Page is done! ^^V
A new side character has entered the story with this volume, and she writes in a journal. As stated before, I pick unique fonts for each character's handwriting, matching personality to the font style, which normally is rather fun. "Would this character have girly handwriting or would it be more guy-ish?" That type of thing. With this new girl, however, it's more than just chosing an appropriate font. Apparently she vents her anger in her journal, so the more she writes in an entry, the crazier and angrier her handwriting gets. ^^;;; Can you see my problem??
For her handwriting to grow progressively angrier, I need to choose a font that I can replicate by hand, as there is no way to adjust an actual font and make it wilder. I'm going to have to write the angry parts myself. *wince* That alone is a challenge, but it's worse because....I write like a guy. Seriously. In no way does my handwriting appear girlish. It does help that when someone is upset, their handwriting is more angular and sharp than curly and rounded, but still.
I'm going through my fonts one at a time, saving copy layers for each font that might work. Once I reach the end of my massive font collection, I'll go back to these finalists and try to find a font that's 1. easy to read, and 2. I'll be able to replicate convincingly with my own handwriting. Heh heh heh. *has massive sweatdrop*
And yes, this is definitely a pink page.
I wonder how other letterers would deal with this situation: progressively angrier and wilder handwriting?? Not everyone has a tablet. Huh.
Anyway, I'd better get back to it. Wheeeee!!! I'm glad I finished today's quota, as it means I can take as much time solving this problem as I can. I'll bet I'm going to need it. (I really really hope this journal writing turns out to be a rare occasion, I truly do...)
ETA: We have a winner: Dr. Eve L! This font appears to be easiest for me to match while still looking slightly girly. It definitely doesn't have the bookish lowercase a and g, which is definitely a help for me. The desicion was made by me writing an angry-styled sampleof the last sentence for each different font. Dr. Eve L came out on top. Now I just have to make it work. Wheeee again!
ETA2: That was a bust. The change from font to my handwriting was too obvious, so I chucked the font and wrote the whole thing by hand. --;; Let us hope I didn't err, and that the translation ins't tweaked in corrections! The font choice is't a complete loss, though, as I can use it to plan out how big to write and where the words will break on the page. That will save some time when next we see this character's journal.
And she officially has MY handwriting as her own. With luck, she won't be too girly...
ETA2 continued: Page is done! ^^V