The Alphabet dates back to the Egyptian era and forms the basis of our language, through the years people have experimented and created a wealth of interesting and unique alphabets. This is a collection of some of the best examples.
Unique Approaches To A-Z
Everyday Alphabet
Photographing everyday objects such as bananas and stairs to create a colourful rustic collection of letters.
Street Letters
A four month long project to collect the letters of the Alphabet, all are found objects in the street.
Underground Collection
A entire night spent taking hundreds of photos on multiple rolls of film on an old Pentax K10000 through the subways of New York.
Google Maps Alphabet
A 7 month project which shows land formations or buildings which resemble letter forms within the state of Victoria, Australia.
Fire-Poi Typography
It took about two 15 hour sessions to complete, and every letter had about 30-50 takes and lot’s of gasoline to get right.
Type The Sky
Created by Lisa Rienermann while studying at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the alphabet is formed of the shapes of buildings against the sky when photographed.
Type Booksetting
Named after the act of typesetting, as every letter made of colored books had to be blocked with white books, just as it is done in letterpress.
Tie-pography
Constructed from a personal tie collection including ties bought at flea markets, thrift stores with a few brand new purchases sprinkled throughout.
Alphabet Truck
Photographer Eric Tabuchi photographed trailer trucks on empty highways, each bearing one letter of the alphabet. Each is perfectly uniform in scale and composition
Industrial Alphabet
Kalle Hagman created this alphabet entirely from photographs of industrial items, locations and landscapes.
Futura 001: Hirsute
An alphabet built on the typeface Futura, but given a unique (and a little creepy) twist.
Bulldog Clips
A typeface by Dave Wood, it has a wonderful silhouette effect and shows how something as commonplace as a bulldog clip can serve as inspiration.
Delicious Cucumber
A couple who are both passionate about cucumbers and typography created this rather unique alphabet creation.
Typeface In Skin
Easily the weirdest (and most painful) alphabet creation i’ve seen. It was constructed by Thijs Verbeek and is made with clothespegs and skin.
Eat-a-bet
Luiza Prado (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazi) created this alternative edible typography with the food he was obsessed with as a student.
Shopfront Graffiti
It took three trips over two nights to get a complete alphabet of these letters by graffiti artist called Eine.
Hamburgers
An alphabet made out of raw meat by Robert Bolesta, it was hand-shaped, packaged, and each letter was photographed ndividually.
White Corn
An alphabet created with White Corn. The luminosity of the corn set against the earthy background makes the ‘letters’ pop.
Astronomical Alphabet
The alphabet written in the stars and space, a selection of gorgeous calligraphy combined to create a pretty amazing collection of letters.
Ideographic Alphabet
This refers to the combination of Alphabetic (letter form) and ideographic (based on pictorial symbols).
Anatomical Alphabet
An illustrated alphabet an the 19th century style with each letter composed of various body parts.
Related Topics: typography
About the Author
Grace Smith is the owner of Postscript5, a micro design studio based in Northern Ireland, UK. Grace has a passion for Wordpress and User Interface Design, and enjoys working with a variety of entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the UK and USA. She is also addicted to wireframes, moleskine notebooks and all things Apple.
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good creativity great work keep it up……………