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Q&A Is representing distorted voices via different typefaces, and different languages represented by enclosing brackets an advisable thing to do?

In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrati...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Piomicron‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:20:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27558
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Piomicron‭ · 2019-12-08T06:20:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
In the current draft of my book, the evil dictator whose body is encased in a silver alloy talks basically by allowing magic to move to seep into the silver shell, dispelling it and causing vibrations.

This voice sounds alien, imperial, and metallic. In order to represent this, I'm currently using a different font. (Specifically Kino MT.)

I do something similar with a group that constantly wear helmets that filter out certain wavelengths of sound, and use the 'Cracked' font.

They also sometimes speak in an imperial dialect which I represent with angle brackets.

Is this just going to reek of tacky amateurishness and such?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-15T19:05:40Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 3