Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Composition of Words

B
eing an English major, I'd like to think I know something about words, or at least how to compose them to form a coherent point.
Typography involves the literal composition of words through the construction of letters to form an alphabet and then, the combination of letters to form words. The designers Scott Boms, Grant Hutchinson and Luke Dorny at Ligature, Loop, & Stem made an instructional poster on the anatomy of typography:


I didn't know there could be so many minute elements involved in the creation of a letter, not to mention a single stroke!


These are closeup shots of the Ligature, Loop & Stem poster
 [Click the images if you want to see other details of the poster.]


P.S. Thanks again to Jessica Hische for her daily drop cap!

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