Imagine a young man dressed in a tight red-and-blue bodysuit diving at high speed from the top of the Empire State building. But when positioned in context it can imbue a comic page with excitement and adventure.

Likewise, the word THWIP! by itself may not mean much. Literally, even using Word (please don’t typeset with Word) will give you the same steps on how to use a text box.Wolverine extends his claws. Use all of the knowledge that you learned so far about what type of font to use, and there you have it… Once you clean all of the text from the raws (tutorial coming soon!), it’s time to put in the translations.

OPERATION HUNT OPPA.Īre you surprised yet? Now use Zud Juice! *le gasp* FONT: 18 – 24 impressed by my screenshot skills yet? Now that you know how to begin typesetting, it’s time to do the real thing!

When it comes to this, CC Jim Lee Oppa is your ultimate bestie. I was going on this literature BS when it’s obviously just a monologue. UPDATE: This is utter BS I have no clue what the hell I was talking about. There’s just not an actual audience (in the story) the character is directing this thought to, but it’s out of the bubble so…? I guess this is the reaching out of their inner conscience? But soliloquy sounds so much better. Use Zud Juice, and you’ve officially got down the guideline of thought bubbles! FONT: 12 – 14 3.) Monologue Though this isn’t technically a soliloquy, it’s pretty damn close. Probably not reminiscing about their illogical mistakes, but you know… Unlike before when the characters were speaking to each other, now they’re thinking. FONT: 14 – 18 (can be slightly smaller if the bubble is too small)Ĭharacter isn’t feeling all that pleasant?Ĭbf, doe? Add extra exclamation points and italicize the text to bring a little umph so the reader knows that the character is upset. In general, just use CC Astro City because a) you don’t want to sound timid and b) you don’t want to sound angry either. (Links: CC Astro City - CC Jim Lee (Italic) - Augie - Zud Juice (Bold) - Zud Juice (Italic)) 1.) Speech Bubbles Most people typically follow Red Hawk Scans guidelines, but since this is webtoons we’re talking about… eh. However, the general guideline when using these fonts depend on the publisher. From Word to Photoshop to Gimp, anywhere really. The font files that you download, TrueTypeFont (.ttf), can be used in about any editing platform.

Don’t do that to yourself and to the readers. No one wants Comic Sans when reading webtoons. However, if you’re a helpful person like meh, I’ll make your life slightly easier for all of those people who want to help the world out by editing and translating webtoons. It is a pain in the ass… especially manga. When it comes to typesetting/editing, I’ll assure you one thing

Font used in manga panels