Comic lettering tips, tricks, articles, interviews and more, from Comicraft, the comic industry's leading lettering and design studio. http://www.balloontales.com How to create thought balloons in Illustrator. April 15, 2008 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/thought/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/thought/ How to enable custom ligatures that automatically substitute any two letters in a row, or disable them if you prefer. August 7, 2007 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/ligatures/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/ligatures/ San Francisco is just full of cool old metal signage. Here's some we found in and around Fisherman's Wharf and Chinatown. June 1, 2007 http://www.balloontales.com/articles/sanfrancisco/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/articles/sanfrancisco/ Fabrice Sapolsky interviews John Roshell about his work on the Heroes website and webcomics for the French magazine Comic Box. May 1, 2007 http://www.balloontales.com/interviews/heroes/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/interviews/heroes/ Advice on getting started, or breaking into, the comics industry. Whatever it takes. March 1, 2007 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/getting_started/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/getting_started/ How to fill objects with gradient fills. January 1, 2007 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/gradient/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/gradient/ Richard Starkings replies to University design student Ryan Scales' questions on breaking into the field, establishing a personal style and more. November 1, 2006 http://www.balloontales.com/interviews/career/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/interviews/career/ Here's a technique that works great for indicating baby talk, singing, drunkenness or any other time you want text to appear warbly, bouncy or sing-songy. October 11, 2006 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/bouncy/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/bouncy/ How to create rough, wiggly-looking balloons in Illustrator. October 4, 2006 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/rough/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/rough/ How to fill words with shiny shaded effects. Ooooh... shiny! September 1, 2006 http://www.balloontales.com/tips/shaded_fill/icon.gif http://www.balloontales.com/tips/shaded_fill/