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Where The 'Comic Book Font' Came From [Vox]

Gabe Pérez

14 Jan, 2018

So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper.

(by: Vox)

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Gabe Pérez

I'm Accountant / Formerly 42419777 on ICQ / Sometimes I make stuff in HTML, CSS and spreadsheets in Excel / Netizen since 1996

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