THE SCOUSE FONT
As a personal project, I attempted to capture the Scouse accent within a typeface.
I created a design that portrays a fast chain of syllables broken by rolling inflections.
The italic type and tight kerning reflect the speed of the accent. Words have been grouped in short bursts and letters with more emphasised inflections, such as the X and K, have been designed with large, twisting ascenders and descenders.
A questionnaire revealed key words used to design the type including: fast, distinctive, unclear, triangular, spiky, pointy and hard.
A notable piece of research was gained when interviewing a foreign student living in Loughborough. She described that the accent sounded almost like singing, a concept I reflected by drawing a constant beat through the design.
Having a Scouse twang to my own accent made this a truly personal project.
