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	Aged Comic Cover July 2008 How to create an aged, crusty old-looking comic cover. Go >>   Shaded fills in Photoshop September 2006 How to fill words with shiny shaded effects. Ooooh... shiny! Go >>   Eight Steps to Creating a Lettering Font January 2006 A step-by-step overview of the font creation process in Fontographer. Go >>   Files and Formats March 2005 Tips on handling different kinds of graphics and font files. Go >>   Preparing Lettering Files for Output November 2004 How to properly create EPS lettering files for print output. Go >>   Scanning Tips June 2003 Tips for scanning artwork for comics production. Go >>   Print Output June 2003 Tips for generating quality print output. Go >>   Pasteup in Photoshop March 2003 Tips on merging lettering and artwork in Photoshop, and producing clean print output. Go >>   Electronic Lettering Composition March 2003 Tips on merging lettering and artwork in page layout programs to produce clean print output. Go >>   Giving Artwork the 'Comic Book Look' February 2003 How to create a halftone-dot effect on color artwork in Photoshop. Go >>   More...

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