Research into the ways I can portray many different accents by simply changing the font and point sizes of 'Who are you?' identifying how the different accents speak, what letters of words they enthesize, what fonts are typically used for a different accent or country.
Scottish accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9mNHCs-B3miP-nUcXCoVyk5l4jMh-LJFayzl1KA9uFtk-9MmWJQh-BHDWL9Lsv0cjscuJqbmikjY7BOwj4OBwExO-NnUDCGibPtBd8VvftnqKKowo0lkCdeTpJ3iclwaPAgmfE3D-fTe/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-24+at+17.32.03.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdMt4aKKJKkW5tm7XHHXCWzwihC93gtFbIzc-2PlhDWOmenMXB5LaQEcDJWjtHNcZyJ_BZebt7lkHpe0dT5HZghhjskUWTqU4SBuRHqTbQkau5VMqdz56g86H08VG2FhvgBiWCNB7U3Q0/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-24+at+17.32.18.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALkCGVA2BU |
African accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7q1lSxJ6Xis_6JJqIUqhnC6NmcF5HH88ZU2f3dJRPd9HPx2g8LW7-JZ8O0vuI23V5ap9A27fa8yNJSisExzp7rDlAumkWggX2y-rRLafYNNiMGBgxsUE4pFDsBYkQ-i8ZwW1GgCzGU0y/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+13.54.19.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY09gs-LY80 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjj1xozlV3w0dfexTblaeEVVeI3Q5s4ErNi0JoAgPyhQt6ezZQbtgK4g365ayR64JKKuZijw14F8J17_Iqm_of5NgLtFuUf_OaRL3XRJV_L8q32e5hHy0c4FoqpUSBy7DCKxGnDL6D2xi/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+13.54.09.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY09gs-LY80 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF3NVrT25nSarQLKgvN9yKOjjIDSaee9sgcoFIfQqV9hrJ2jGp7Gc8kBur4w1E_CDsbeWO47aStqLGdUN2azZCv1Z1xFDLs3vf8srBQ6OddlBkciZWvZTEnmYYuM8garJaiIaIz3zbl2Y/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+16.58.36.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag |
Italian accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7vgHONNzTmRs8Rap_x1bWZc68uIm8-ZYYGx7WnQxOuL8NZA0pgR3Si4VNVmgcM95mmZczktI_KnbZWbebKcMLcjG5Fn-xd5mgTZedZOqXJMFUEFGV46yglJdY6jVlyMnGkMs_5gLJ6a4/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.03.17.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GpQfss0Sko |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMprOFqiZDctrFSWzHlH6jRsoqPXNLW6SI3TjW3k3nicOsDhAbtExZsjjkjclB9_geilv7_Su376d7EPOOMimdLCq1B3l-38QA71eKdjF9Lazqy-_7rS-M2n4sR4PoqDLeiRKppz-Nw5AZ/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.03.26.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GpQfss0Sko |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8nASTx-w_KGGIhKhveA2D3iAhU8Yzbb1J7GkuYu92HqlxyN3GqpRb_KKKMwa7MqX3WSM56IPV09mhwnqBMWVHJ9AKjNCpHkd4QwIxexvH_kxIhuqRMe2LeKTPS2A4z0XIILHi1fSycFEN/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.07.27.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=italian+restaurant+names&oq=italian+restaurant+names&gs_l=img.1.0.0l2j0i24l4.112.112.3.4021.1.1.0.0.0.0.102.102.0j1.1.0...0.0...1c.L1Ze0lb0gis&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
Texan accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVVZSeta-ww1TnlOIEOfZKvTr1WCjLldjMa94BRjKm2gNf04SdEjc7PFbSMNg9JsvkJSq_OMxGWXPAosh0pGWwDz4XCcy9SWbjVN6qzdHqgg43zeNgXtEfvlTampQLzH8sUt6_5pe9dVx/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.14.31.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHOpQ0W2qDE |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoJW-BJiuhDJVaUxdrkpJ1W3aZpc0SZ_TgfjqT_oQN8J0u9Y2l3Q-fMCFloofuCApx5mMAOV99SXh6DfnGNWF9bmVE8VHVI6pnsuTcUyA8BqOAVAfvm8FPj45Zz98ZWN20dGpeLzC-hjW/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.15.11.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=texas+fonts&oq=texas+fonts&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l2.4070.4910.9.5044.6.6.0.0.0.0.101.466.5j1.6.0...0.0...1c.1.HNnaTpmmVjM&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
Mexican accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEkR8lcYXX8E2Y2j1tlSs1qNuAwjCvE5TxDD1OYAJRU3K3f22xOWzMqkettDF9wlHB490sxz-jbiQ9WEMIQ8nBMlrcJNh4qpJ43xJzPiwuU45DgFV6tr6M6OKZn0UPVJYDWHjU2BYK0Bq/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.50.04.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEb2kqRMyII |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYYc3EhNHJeVIZvjgl2hEEo7AtY-DoMysqhKs05_nELTMOkBHItiD4BKDdGogxbNmtYm8utOVUhQO6Mnh6zq55wFkW4nimkLC7GoZVkHk5qOn9nV9Mq5w59VYqIV47BaUuqlzq3BQKi8T/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.51.42.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Mexican+fonts&oq=Mexican+fonts&gs_l=img.3..0j0i24l4.2208763.2215633.11.2216591.16.14.2.0.0.0.92.1076.14.14.0...0.0...1c.1.LEe384Ku5uA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfGiVK-3WiGy4s-XdKcFF3JNVvno_2zy0MEos4OA8juwEZdM9gRYgRZOMjyl_I5v2rKrnwCyWo4OK9PoNH1tsIQSKnM2iKSWx-vlWrfMVRgD1lgTo2_HBWOFgLo7U7o2jBAdC1pdvmxWw/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.57.27.png) |
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=203 |
Chinease accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiq6n1WU0NylLqoD5eUEjfDqskArTVtTjbsW3WTQWe_jPYWYSPxLotL_2PhXVu-Nlo50_CuluOZKym2y5MfYv5c73ByHyvQUwBZAknp2y5zTsaEUQ43HP8jXjNc1YhER4g7-q_c8-LMXI/s200/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.55.56.png) |
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=201 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ9UW2U9m563YwhCsY9sNex1q37jLotLwTtuqTEOqCGt9jcDTRZ83qsCrhvv5CC9z94uXWV3_dyMAv8rWgwaka6QcIX3Y_epbkkj0cZu2X92dYixfcswoDi_tOiHfm2hfNfX7Gr9XDdOa/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.55.42.png) |
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=201 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQj2sxVGYk7QkI4Fa5-4F3dW7yQxznA-hpsjeqNlJwdoLQ3IqoOjCrnRt-dTrBDKxsLLDW3SBPt6A7VRAGBtmFG4arsmQhc4IoGZt3Kma9wjoIWK4pAI1DFmvXC_pofZ-nzJ_Cc948U2e/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.58.51.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=chinese+fonts&oq=chinese+fonts&gs_l=img.1.0.0l5j0i5l5.162.162.19.2961.1.1.0.0.0.0.148.148.0j1.1.0...0.0...1c.VAJo8zzoZH0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
German accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqwSW2LYaXJLlvBE_6u6nIBL-BOxhyXe5kxhzjFqXv1DWPK9TMcjPtgk61hjYhFt8iYXcbSRVvQd35BM5u_P6UVn1RB5Ohk5wXFIc9fhYIIB4o_u7xoH4oMuqB-hW-eTgk7kEANPmxJZv/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.01.13.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7Q_GZlvis |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hm2xafOhbCpK2_Z4O_7RelwsDQ6G1L2IQixpYaX3LHiT8JX30t_NlVlVXiGhMMdGyBoSHZ01y2ZgB13FhBi5MLsUEjismEi_H4p4xuNJbBbFkYQ6TRSc1JJA4ZSji1AiFps5sdseV5_i/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.01.29.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7Q_GZlvis |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lZuXNDj2P3-JtUJURUN1ikmSMGkMfAI08lYTVV9zCFtZ3OWnLGW5PJz9gahMpR0xGB28BG97ni2lyicPtyNA3EP2vLVZM_uebVaCC4jkKgZrQcz8p-0ztYzzg-sGVz3xkk1VWDTQ_XC3/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+17.59.58.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=german+fonts&oq=german+fonts&gs_l=img.3..0j0i5j0i24l4.60775.62400.21.62834.6.6.0.0.0.0.77.421.6.6.0...0.0...1c.1.qy1yG0K6FoE&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
Cockney accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7oql_rXpd3cRKn_JK9D_dMvpNKlwDjAcxnsfIBhmZFdt-lXlnarV2BRU8A8fkQPetajjZ9msTITSHw8PE864Nc6X2pEjMQ9gY-5dgoyRiliCYpNn7p1Nj3FNhVri_eLYSMtDavuctBdt/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.04.08.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC6lPoGX_HMdmDN6JpEC_rMlj8Ioj5A-Vm2_H2G4jnAaw2ZNHyY_IoYExkiR0OcUiNPaSVEgUzXFtaqnvRURDkR-TEU3AT5aZS4uoQo3DU08IyqfZ2DM-09zgZmyTmoZnGMzkhwaKW_iaJ/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.04.24.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjGNJ5JL8w |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidsyl_oka_m7X8_pwQV0zUTssVi8C2GBeiW15zLaixQNykJaXg41n_Dop3ZBQeAFQ3-IJw-86hDQfz08TL5GW-8hXpmCTU20TkV6IX-o7bwe9fCBtBaCuDVpT9HeP-cSbIeFHJGtY2r5wY/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.19.57.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=cockney+fonts&oq=cockney+fonts&gs_l=img.3...1186510.1188044.23.1188314.7.7.0.0.0.0.84.514.7.7.0...0.0...1c.1.RpWvmk6Lzm0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
Swedish accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zVthyphenhyphendUyEiXqlX-NVaAMHnXtqKryo5nuX0jlBjVq97GFwy6zvQ1g2ghEfVpsfTomn0j_eDZRLprPyThJhnh_XtMKCtuWNlPhNtSbDeB8i-3Hp_2IdPpM6rcgNgUyCNpONDRVfZUchlMa/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.22.21.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQb3WbNeDhY |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhept50aOu1hJIIh1pKVto3OQN3FMVJ71QUMSCiDRerh-fGLE5Cq57nuWX1suO8-pseDNDqMDcFwRXMl7ui-iNu1p9WJc_4WdRvF_X8LNCEOX7hYbBEgASK7GFDWUnwf-6DRCGPzfo_NL/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.22.31.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQb3WbNeDhY |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUzNmz_wTeOtMySbEmr1jeYaJThMFwk5gr6pBfBgV741J9EOZwdHNCpf__1Lq3b28R6IQsgMaMhp6D-YqszttC4Gm-ss_kJvK8b0e10vB8ZUhTtEABECN7MKqR5ws_c-Cf4sllrPwEXuy/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.23.01.png) |
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=lmc&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=African+fonts&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=N37cUIS_GcrR0QXGwYD4Ag#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=swedish+fonts&oq=swedish+fonts&gs_l=img.3...92647.97115.25.97417.17.12.5.0.0.0.171.750.8j1.9.0...0.0...1c.1.2EMwYkr9RW8&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.d2k&fp=f64fa91009991cf1&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=617 |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzq26QzQPi_h5IQiPhTCMs9xwz4f0OC3Akfn7EmIVf98o3z-RiGGh38dAZ0mwg7eSH7vKKyXH687bMYMJ5UUzTYUyF6mBjSZqksslLFaYXijLmVWHez9MZQlsBlXlybBTf7SvNiadEJSPk/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+18.24.09.png) |
http://babbleandbooks.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/ikea-my-lovehate-relationship/ikea-logo/ |
Somerset accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQpkou1srLO66e-YDM8qoQ3hKPCEKkcIdbSeRLQ0bw8Hl7pn_jUrfEVd1nIKYsx7ZEgKK2OIu3l4C0J7JL_pE1DoC-ZvOmIU_WEMJsqWsHHLVyj4bRIFyIMkTZLKheYtubBdhaUMBUNCF/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+19.04.32.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLsY2Ofy6QE |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMSwGmL6H6gxEKaybMB5tdH28FtuGk7vPM0Dj6yJ-wnY_OseEfMnrbFuO6C7qHVPiv5zSdZEPwL1bXPd-J90KrSoeQFvrLPgvPUW26Llqzb1QmQfKe8vvQWugPIVm68sbmmz0z5UNx9-e/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+19.07.07.png) |
http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/somerset-regular.html |
Brummie accent;
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoKpTddEVjkLUKMom1dL19cgNoy_6lWKVpXnfdIufvgh0XLCeYroobQswzTsHMUIxLN4_Vk-oXledhAr6f1_jQ5cqyOnAxNjS3r7vibE48UFWsbpvuEcQ19rbO8SL6w43tijuI3CFHxgW/s400/Screen+Shot+2012-12-27+at+19.08.17.png) |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzb7BanTuXw |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjiocxSGMH0 |
Looking on youtube to find out how each accent was spoken helped me to see how they speak and show me what letters they enthesize the most and so I can accentuate them in my 'who are you?'. Listening to people speaking these accents shows the stereotypical way that they would be identified, which is what I am trying to do in a slightly different way, so this helped me a lot. Also by looking at google images for key words that would represent that particular accent, it found a few fonts which people associate that particular accent. This helped me as it allowed me to use a font which already made people think of that accent, therefore I may not have to change the point sizes for some of the accents as the font sends such a strong message. Researching into well known things or companies which that country has also helped me as people associate that company with that country therefore using a similar typeface would be useful.
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