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I've been focused on R18/H-manga SFX and lettering this past week which led me down a rabbit hole of design history since - as always - I adore context. (As a commercial graphic designer I feel like erotic lettering gives you so much more freedom of id and emotion than regular corporate design....) 

Turns out the e-hentai forums are a treasure trove of scantalators talking shop about which fonts and their processes.... copying a few links and comments here for posterity. please assume all links in this post have NSFW imagery.

* e-hentai's collected useful links thread (sfx, translation quirks, fonts)

* Hentai and Non-Hentai Sound Effects and What They Mean (pdf download)

* process of decensoring by qberg:

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* the idiot's guide to scantalating manga is a time capsule of an old indie site that does a great job describing the process from a newb's point of view. related: history of scantalation (up to 2009 or so).

* a "what fonts are used in H-manga/doujin scantalations?" thread (there's goldmine of still-active links that gave me 20+ fonts for high quality inky/bubble lettering)

* another fontrip link

* a neat letterer's portfolio for somebody who does it professionally.