Parts of a letter

When I first started this project I was aware that we would need to define the word using only the letters that were in the word. we could not use any drawings or any sort of outer imagery to make the word more apparent. I did not know that it would be more challenging than I first thought.

I thought that the challenge came from defining the word itself, but further challenge is imposed upon us when we take typography into consideration. We have to manipulate the letters to define the entire word, because letters in themselves each possess a definition. My word is compress, that word is easy enough. But manipulating each letter to fit that word is where the true difficulty lies.

Having to learn the definitions and the anatomy of each letter is more about memorization and purpose. Its kind of like drawing, each art form has its own terms and uses, but I did not believe that typography could be as hard truthfully.

Now I can appreciate all the hard work that typographists  have to put into designing logos and words, it takes a lot of time and consideration into deciding what is both pleasing and what is acceptable in the way the word is used. All art is similar in form and creation more than I thought at the beginning.