Lettering is the unsung hero of manga composition. Poor font choices, awkward balloon placements, ormessy text alignment can completely ruin an emotional sequence.
Typography dictates speaking volume,emotional tone, and reading order.Lettering Best Practices:• Balloon Shape Psychology: Use jagged balloons for screams or electronic transmissions, floatingtextless outlines for whispers, and sharp spiky bubbles for sudden terror.• Reading Flow Alignment: Always place balloons and text tiers from top-right to bottom-left to matchnatural manga reading direction.• Integrating sound effects (SFX) directly into the art as visual compositional elements.
