--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "vulpinemac" <vulpine@...> wrote:
>
> You know, you raise an intriguing question here... to quote, "The
> difficulty comes in trying to write those accents into their speech,
> especially when the reader only has a word balloon on a sheet of paper
> as reference." Now... what if you used a different style font for each
> one? (Yes, I know--a real headache) Southern could be represented by a
> 'Chalkboard' font while Romanian might be a Slavic-looking style and
> even the aliens' 'arabic-sounding' accents could be emulated by using a
> font that looks a little like Sanscrit (or whatever they call it.) You
> know, change the style of lettering to look something like the native
> type. Of course, keeping track of all that would be a real pain in the
> a**.
I do that with many of the BTT characters, as a matter of fact. Most of the Skunkworks characters utilize the same font, but I would often alter the sentence structure and word pronunciation to suit the character's accent(s). Different fonts are used, however, for characters like Onika (and her ilk) and Treska. Since Onika's people have high, childish-sounding voices, I use a simple, hand-drawn font style, and everything is written in all lower case letters. Treska's species don't really possess throats made for speaking, so their speech font is rough and sharp, and the words are halted and abrupt.
--JMH
Received on Tue Jul 14 2009 - 12:02:21 CDT