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Edmania o hai from under a pile of erasers Since: Apr, 2010
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#76: Jan 26th 2011 at 7:52:10 PM

I'm not exactly sure why "robotic" would go away from "clean"

If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#77: Jan 26th 2011 at 7:54:57 PM

Fonts like Times New Roman wouldn't look as visually appealing for word panels.

Anyway, that ones text is too jagged and hard to read. Also you forgot the ! at the end of What?!. And I don't think it was meant to be all caps.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#78: Jan 27th 2011 at 6:44:35 AM

I'd suggest a plain and simple comic book font like Blambot's "Digital Strip" - has the natural look of hand-lettering, and isn't too fussy (and it's free.) It's what I use for the vast majority of my recaptioned dialogue, as in this page for a random example.

edited 27th Jan '11 6:46:49 AM by suedenim

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#79: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:05:48 AM

Should I Justify the spacing?

edited 27th Jan '11 7:06:22 AM by SalFishFin

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#80: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:32:17 AM

Looks good! And, no, generally speaking, the way you did it is best for comics lettering - not justified, but centered. "Squarish" captions (as opposed to the more typical oval type) can provide for occasional exceptions, but I think you got it right here.

Nitpick: I don't think there's a comma (or should be) between "like" and "soon".

edited 27th Jan '11 7:34:22 AM by suedenim

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#81: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:39:27 AM

Suggest "Well, the boobs are still there, so I guess it's fine." For the caption. On second thought, should probably come up with something better.

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ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#82: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:40:47 AM

[up][up] Agreed.

And it should be "What?!", not "What!?".

edited 27th Jan '11 11:22:42 AM by ThePope

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#83: Jan 27th 2011 at 11:02:19 AM

I'm not sure it even needs a caption. It's a weird scene with a weird thought being expressed, and I think it's best left up to the imagination what the answer to "What!?" might be....

edited 27th Jan '11 11:03:15 AM by suedenim

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#84: Jan 27th 2011 at 11:05:30 AM

He means the third speech bubble is punctuated wrong.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#85: Jan 27th 2011 at 11:23:11 AM

Yeah, I got ninja'd, so the arrows were referring to the wrong post.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#86: Jan 27th 2011 at 12:27:43 PM

I wasn't even aware that there was standard punctuation for that sort of thing. Between "?!" and "!?" I actually prefer the latter for some reason.

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rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#87: Jan 27th 2011 at 12:38:21 PM

They mean different things, "?!" is more common, and that's how it is on the original.

Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
ThePope Since: Oct, 2010
#88: Jan 27th 2011 at 12:42:24 PM

If it's a question that's exclaimed, it is a question first and foremost, so the order is ?!.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#89: Jan 27th 2011 at 12:45:37 PM

The "original" in this case (if I understand correctly) is just a fan-added transcription anyway, right? So there's no particular need to be faithful to its punctuation and such.

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#90: Jan 27th 2011 at 2:19:33 PM

Any other complaints?

edited 27th Jan '11 2:23:06 PM by SalFishFin

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#93: Jan 27th 2011 at 5:44:29 PM

The last version is awesome.

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#94: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:03:22 PM

Yeah, looks ready to roll.

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SalFishFin Since: Jan, 2001
#95: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:26:24 PM

So then, I guess I'll put it up.

edited 27th Jan '11 7:26:30 PM by SalFishFin

suedenim Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl from Jet Dream HQ Since: Oct, 2009
Teutonic Tomboy T-Girl
#96: Jan 27th 2011 at 7:54:55 PM

Very nice. Looks even better and sharper on the page than it does here in the forum.

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