Language Accents

Parks Canada

While working at Parks Canada in the Northwest Territories, I designed materials for Wood Buffalo National Park and three National Park Reserves, including Nááts'įhch'oh, Nahanni, and Thaidene Nëné. Strategic plans for each aimed to increase Indigenous language use, and it was important that all languages were visually equal. I took the initiative to modify the branded font to include special glyphs required for the North Slavey, South Slavey, Tłı̨chǫ, and Chipewyan languages. The font included 36 different weights and styles.

I later created a manual for the Parks Canada National office. It detailed accent and glyph placement.