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I think what I've seen most commonly used is the same font throughout, but that anything which the characters read, such as from a computer, in print, or on signs, and I think even excerpts from au...
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System
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2019-12-08T05:11:03Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Ben Cannon
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2019-12-08T05:11:03Z (over 4 years ago)
I think what I've seen most commonly used is the same font throughout, but that anything which the characters read, such as from a computer, in print, or on signs, and I think even excerpts from audiovisual media, is italicised and has wider left and right margins Less commonly a different font, such as one mimicking handwriting or the actual font of the text, might be used. It can help to build character. I recall some novels making use of a dot-matrix style script when those printers were in common use, or a mish-mash of different fonts to mimic the cut from newspapers ransom note. Either option can potentially work well. The first keeps the onus purely on the reader's imagination, the second provides more of an illustration.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-04-04T19:39:02Z (about 8 years ago)
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