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hi folks! I've updated Bean Burrito so that the breath mark glyphs are mapped to {{ and }} as contextual alternates
(requested by @bernardobrice.com 💕)
free update here: ko-fi.com/s/b52826a2e9
(requested by @bernardobrice.com 💕)
free update here: ko-fi.com/s/b52826a2e9
Bean Burrito - Sara's Fonts's Ko-fi Shop
This soft and chewy font has a wide range of glyphs designed for the editorial needs of comic book lettering. It comes with four sets: Regular, It...
ko-fi.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
hi folks! I've updated Bean Burrito so that the breath mark glyphs are mapped to {{ and }} as contextual alternates
(requested by @bernardobrice.com 💕)
free update here: ko-fi.com/s/b52826a2e9
(requested by @bernardobrice.com 💕)
free update here: ko-fi.com/s/b52826a2e9
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My team at Square Enix Manga & Books is hiring for a junior editorial position! If you have questions, feel free to ask~
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...
Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote)
Assistant Editor, Manga (Open to Remote)
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My team at Square Enix Manga & Books is hiring for a junior editorial position! If you have questions, feel free to ask~
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...
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really incredible lettering work from @cornpunk.bsky.social in Baki, Vol. 1 💖
October 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
really incredible lettering work from @cornpunk.bsky.social in Baki, Vol. 1 💖
Gorgeous.
The physical release for Kamudo vol 1 by Akira Himekawa is out now! Letters by me, translation by David Evelyn 💖
The cover is matte with spot gloss, and the book features color pages!!
The cover is matte with spot gloss, and the book features color pages!!
October 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gorgeous.
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From conversations with manga artists:
1) Only about 10% of manga artists in Japan can earn a living
2) Most don't work a grueling schedule. That is Shonen Jump artists
3) With digital tools, assistants are becoming rarer. They have been replaced with software
1) Only about 10% of manga artists in Japan can earn a living
2) Most don't work a grueling schedule. That is Shonen Jump artists
3) With digital tools, assistants are becoming rarer. They have been replaced with software
September 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From conversations with manga artists:
1) Only about 10% of manga artists in Japan can earn a living
2) Most don't work a grueling schedule. That is Shonen Jump artists
3) With digital tools, assistants are becoming rarer. They have been replaced with software
1) Only about 10% of manga artists in Japan can earn a living
2) Most don't work a grueling schedule. That is Shonen Jump artists
3) With digital tools, assistants are becoming rarer. They have been replaced with software
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Sometimes, letterering for manga means working in tandem with the Japanese SFX instead of rewriting them!
In CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 7, letterer @kernedout.bsky.social skillfully blends the English "ZWOOSH" text with it's Japanese counterpart for a seamless reading experience!
In CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 7, letterer @kernedout.bsky.social skillfully blends the English "ZWOOSH" text with it's Japanese counterpart for a seamless reading experience!
September 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sometimes, letterering for manga means working in tandem with the Japanese SFX instead of rewriting them!
In CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 7, letterer @kernedout.bsky.social skillfully blends the English "ZWOOSH" text with it's Japanese counterpart for a seamless reading experience!
In CLAMP Premium Collection Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 7, letterer @kernedout.bsky.social skillfully blends the English "ZWOOSH" text with it's Japanese counterpart for a seamless reading experience!
Reposted by Phil Christie
In Memoriam: Matt Haasch
“Matt was warm, friendly, and endlessly positive, with an infectious energy.” Azuki’s @evanminto.com honors the memory of the @starfruitbooks.bsky.social founder
www.azuki.co/news/2025/09...
“Matt was warm, friendly, and endlessly positive, with an infectious energy.” Azuki’s @evanminto.com honors the memory of the @starfruitbooks.bsky.social founder
www.azuki.co/news/2025/09...
In Memoriam: Matt Haasch – Azuki
www.azuki.co
September 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In Memoriam: Matt Haasch
“Matt was warm, friendly, and endlessly positive, with an infectious energy.” Azuki’s @evanminto.com honors the memory of the @starfruitbooks.bsky.social founder
www.azuki.co/news/2025/09...
“Matt was warm, friendly, and endlessly positive, with an infectious energy.” Azuki’s @evanminto.com honors the memory of the @starfruitbooks.bsky.social founder
www.azuki.co/news/2025/09...
Dope.
Our next piece of lettering comes from @meerkatotter.bsky.social!
Not only does Madeleine flawlessly recreate the translated English text into 3D blocks, but they also have the text interacting with Mifuyu as well!
#LettererAppreciationMonth #LettererAppreciationDay
Not only does Madeleine flawlessly recreate the translated English text into 3D blocks, but they also have the text interacting with Mifuyu as well!
#LettererAppreciationMonth #LettererAppreciationDay
September 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dope.
A strange thing about lettering manga is, the speech balloon/line count on average is almost always 1400.
Lots of dialogue = less SFX.
Lots of SFX = less dialogue.
But for some odd reason it always comes to around 1400 lines of text.
(Or maybe it's just the stuff I work on? 🤷♂️)
Lots of dialogue = less SFX.
Lots of SFX = less dialogue.
But for some odd reason it always comes to around 1400 lines of text.
(Or maybe it's just the stuff I work on? 🤷♂️)
September 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A strange thing about lettering manga is, the speech balloon/line count on average is almost always 1400.
Lots of dialogue = less SFX.
Lots of SFX = less dialogue.
But for some odd reason it always comes to around 1400 lines of text.
(Or maybe it's just the stuff I work on? 🤷♂️)
Lots of dialogue = less SFX.
Lots of SFX = less dialogue.
But for some odd reason it always comes to around 1400 lines of text.
(Or maybe it's just the stuff I work on? 🤷♂️)
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Our second #LettererAppreciationMonth feature comes from Level Up With the Gods, Vol. 1!
Letterer @fog.mediocrity.ca skillfully enters in the English translation into every item in this pop-up that Yuwon's seeing—and on an angle too!
#LettererAppreciationDay
Letterer @fog.mediocrity.ca skillfully enters in the English translation into every item in this pop-up that Yuwon's seeing—and on an angle too!
#LettererAppreciationDay
September 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Our second #LettererAppreciationMonth feature comes from Level Up With the Gods, Vol. 1!
Letterer @fog.mediocrity.ca skillfully enters in the English translation into every item in this pop-up that Yuwon's seeing—and on an angle too!
#LettererAppreciationDay
Letterer @fog.mediocrity.ca skillfully enters in the English translation into every item in this pop-up that Yuwon's seeing—and on an angle too!
#LettererAppreciationDay
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Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
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At the very top of Adobe Illustrator is this box: "Be an illustrator without doing any illustration work!"
Why is Adobe so keen to do away with the very same people who use its products?
Just fuck OFF with this shit, seriously.
Why is Adobe so keen to do away with the very same people who use its products?
Just fuck OFF with this shit, seriously.
September 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
At the very top of Adobe Illustrator is this box: "Be an illustrator without doing any illustration work!"
Why is Adobe so keen to do away with the very same people who use its products?
Just fuck OFF with this shit, seriously.
Why is Adobe so keen to do away with the very same people who use its products?
Just fuck OFF with this shit, seriously.
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Hey, comics friends! This is a great opportunity for an entry-level person looking to work on print editions of popular webtoons & English editions of manga, manhua, and more! jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/N...
Editorial Assistant, Inklore-Global Pop Comics (Open to Remote; Hybrid Preferred)
Editorial Assistant, Inklore-Global Pop Comics (Open to Remote; Hybrid Preferred)
jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hey, comics friends! This is a great opportunity for an entry-level person looking to work on print editions of popular webtoons & English editions of manga, manhua, and more! jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/N...
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happy letterer appreciation day! if you’d like to follow more manga letterers here, I have a list for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
happy letterer appreciation day! if you’d like to follow more manga letterers here, I have a list for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu
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Can't count the amount of lettering choices I made during the simul grind that I then went back and said "man what the fuck was I thinking" or just didn't have time to really consider
That the bar is as high as it is, with the quality of work people are putting out, is astounding.
That the bar is as high as it is, with the quality of work people are putting out, is astounding.
Some insight on why Kagurabachi simuls look different.
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
August 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Can't count the amount of lettering choices I made during the simul grind that I then went back and said "man what the fuck was I thinking" or just didn't have time to really consider
That the bar is as high as it is, with the quality of work people are putting out, is astounding.
That the bar is as high as it is, with the quality of work people are putting out, is astounding.
Some insight on why Kagurabachi simuls look different.
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
August 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Some insight on why Kagurabachi simuls look different.
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
∙Simuls are lettered within 24 hours
∙Some letterers do 2-3 simuls (same day)
∙Chapters can arrive at random times
∙Corrections are done in-house, & text needs to be editable
∙It needs to be a font we have a license for
This was supposed to be lettered in InDesign using fonts. It wouldn't have worked.
Hand-lettering isn't always practical and isn't always allowed, so kudos to the editors who let their letterers to break the rules.
Hand-lettering isn't always practical and isn't always allowed, so kudos to the editors who let their letterers to break the rules.
August 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
This was supposed to be lettered in InDesign using fonts. It wouldn't have worked.
Hand-lettering isn't always practical and isn't always allowed, so kudos to the editors who let their letterers to break the rules.
Hand-lettering isn't always practical and isn't always allowed, so kudos to the editors who let their letterers to break the rules.
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Thanks @mangasplaining.bsky.social crew for the chance to translate this kickass manga and write a bit about what it means to me. A few excerpts are here, or read the whole thing plus an extraordinary afterword to his own work from Kaneko-sensei: mangasplaining.substack.com/p/search-and...
August 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thanks @mangasplaining.bsky.social crew for the chance to translate this kickass manga and write a bit about what it means to me. A few excerpts are here, or read the whole thing plus an extraordinary afterword to his own work from Kaneko-sensei: mangasplaining.substack.com/p/search-and...
Going back to analogue.
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Going back to analogue.
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We didn’t take home the W…but I’m still immensely proud of the Dragon and Chameleon team, and I couldn’t be happier for my colleagues who work on The Apothecary Diaries and The Otaku Love Connection!
Thanks to the judges, voters, and organizers for another unforgettable American Manga Awards!
Thanks to the judges, voters, and organizers for another unforgettable American Manga Awards!
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We didn’t take home the W…but I’m still immensely proud of the Dragon and Chameleon team, and I couldn’t be happier for my colleagues who work on The Apothecary Diaries and The Otaku Love Connection!
Thanks to the judges, voters, and organizers for another unforgettable American Manga Awards!
Thanks to the judges, voters, and organizers for another unforgettable American Manga Awards!
This pretty much sums up the entire manga industry.
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This pretty much sums up the entire manga industry.
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I embedded with the creative team behind “Kagurabachi” to learn how manga are made at Weekly Shonen Jump, which is Japan’s - and the world’s - top manga magazine. You can read all about it in my feature for the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Weekly Shōnen Jump Became the World’s Most Popular Manga Factory
The magazine, home to such series as “Naruto” and “One Piece,” has created a formula for coaxing hit franchises out of young talents. The twenty-four-year-old behind “Kagurabachi” may be next.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I embedded with the creative team behind “Kagurabachi” to learn how manga are made at Weekly Shonen Jump, which is Japan’s - and the world’s - top manga magazine. You can read all about it in my feature for the New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The art of Kagurabachi exhibit featuring art by Takeru Hokazono is now up at @japansociety.org NYC! japansociety.org
Drop by to see how the manga is made, plus 24 images that showcase this dynamic MangaPlus/Shonen Jump series!
#kagurabachiNYC #animenyc2025
Drop by to see how the manga is made, plus 24 images that showcase this dynamic MangaPlus/Shonen Jump series!
#kagurabachiNYC #animenyc2025
August 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The art of Kagurabachi exhibit featuring art by Takeru Hokazono is now up at @japansociety.org NYC! japansociety.org
Drop by to see how the manga is made, plus 24 images that showcase this dynamic MangaPlus/Shonen Jump series!
#kagurabachiNYC #animenyc2025
Drop by to see how the manga is made, plus 24 images that showcase this dynamic MangaPlus/Shonen Jump series!
#kagurabachiNYC #animenyc2025
Wow! This one's gonna be huge.
I wonder if the SFX will be replaced (haha).
I wonder if the SFX will be replaced (haha).
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
Exclusive: Kana to release Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki’s BILLY BAT in English
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Wow! This one's gonna be huge.
I wonder if the SFX will be replaced (haha).
I wonder if the SFX will be replaced (haha).
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youtu.be/19SspJ4R2-I The audio is pretty rough but I hope you enjoy me yapping about lettering for 45 minutes
Lettering: The Hidden Art of Manga Localization - GPL Anime Con 2025
YouTube video by Brandon Bovia
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
youtu.be/19SspJ4R2-I The audio is pretty rough but I hope you enjoy me yapping about lettering for 45 minutes