Rosetta Stone: A Paramnesium. Comics Grammar and Tradition. Comic Book Grammar & Tradition by Nate PiekosUpdated 2013 Special thanks to Todd Klein, Clem Robins, Scott Allie and Jason Arthur for their time and contributions. Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are unique. What follows is a list that every letterer eventually commits to his/her own mental reference file. The majority of these points are established tradition, sprinkled with modern trends and a bit of my own opinion having lettered professionally for a few years now. The majority of these ideas have been established by Marvel and DC, but opinions vary from editor to editor, even within the same company.
As a letterer you're eventually going to see scripts from writers who don't know these standards or aren't interested in them. Note: Underlined terms reference another entry in the article. Penny Arcade! - The Skills. This Modern World. Die puny humans.