Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Open the panel in Comic Life. The Text tool is in the center on the screen bottom. The Text Balloon reflects the character's emotion. Comic Life includes standard, thought, yell and other text balloon styles.
Step2
Drag the Text Balloon and drop it above the character's head. Left-click on the blue dot and drag it to the character's head. This is the tail of the text balloon and indicates who is speaking.
Step3
Left-click inside the Text Balloon and enter the dialogue. The Text Bubble automatically resizes as you type. Shape the Text Bubble by adjusting the orange dots that surround the balloon.
Step4
Select the "Fonts" icon if you want to change the lettering style. The leading comic book style for lettering is all caps. Some of the more innovative artists use uppercase/lowercase fonts to achieve a different tone for their comic. You'll find an overview of the font war and detailed instructions on text in comics in Scott McCloud's book, "Making Comics" (see Resources below).
Step5
Continue adding text balloons until the comic is finished. Unless a character has a particular speech style, like a robot or an immortal, you should use the same font family for all the comic characters.