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[[File:CitizenCon 2024 Event - Community Booths - Xi'an Workshop 2.jpg|thumb|Chris Harrow]]'''Chris Harrow''' has created the fonts for the [[Xi'an]] and [[Banu]] languages from [[Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']].

He didn't do any language work prior to learning Xi'an, however when he was younger he was reading ''Perry Rhodan'' in which there is an intergalactic language called Intercosmo which is just a transliteration, where one needs to learn the letters rather than an entire new language, and for which he created a font for himself.<ref name=":0" />

Years later, when sitting in the audience at [[CitizenCon 2017]] and hearing about the alien languages, he decided he wanted to learn them.<ref name=":0" />

As he was learning the [[Xi'an language]] he found the initial Xi'an font to be difficult to use, so he bought a font design software to make it better. He sent his font to [[Britton Watkins]] thinking it might make it easier for him to create more content for the community, and after Bitton showed the font to [[Cloud Imperium Games Ltd.|Cloud Imperium Games]], they contacted Chris and bought the font from him. They also offered him a contract to work on the next [[Alien languages|alien language]], and during [[CitizenCon 2019]] Chris and Britton presented the [[Banu language]].<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DQepkzjsuM #starcitizen - Chris Harrow - 24h Live Road to Beacon - Replay], Beacon Events, Youtube, 4 maiy 2023</ref>

He created alien languages dictionary apps which can be accessed at his [[UEE Xenolinguistics Institute]] website.<ref>[https://ueexi.com/ ueexi.com]</ref>

Chris Harrow regularly appears at events such as [[Bar Citizen]] or Citizen Con where he does calligraphy on rice paper.

* His favorite ship is the [[San'tok.yāi]].<ref name=":0" />

* He thinks that the most smooth and sexy sounding language is French.<ref name=":0" />