I am loving the Word as Image project and the accompanying book. Started 20 years ago as an assignment in typography class in art school, Ji Lee creates images out of words by contorting the letters that form the word itself.

Anyone can create a word as image. It doesn’t require any design or drawing skills. All you need is a little creative thinking and to see words and letters in a different way. The dictionary is filled with thousands of fun visual puzzles just waiting to be solved.

Now that I think about it, I can recall that I learned the word “parallel” — which happens to be one of the words pictured below — by remembering the three parallel lines embedded within the word, just as Lee illustrates.

Can you think of any other “word as image” examples? Join in on the conversation at the Word as Image Facebook Page!

Via My Modern Met.

I know that I do my fair share of Comic Sans bashing on this blog, and I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for the ubiquitous typeface from time to time. But when I saw this in my Google Reader this morning, I almost spit out my drink and knew that I had to share it with my readers. Enjoy!

Via Gizmodo.

I am loving this Typographic Anatomy Lesson Plan by Ligature, Loop, and Stem. Unfortunately, the limited-edition letterpress print is sold out, but after taking a look at the company’s Ampersand print as well, I immediately joined their mailing list to be updated on all their future endeavors.

Via The Daily What.

Star Wars + typography = a very happy geek.

Via The Daily What.

Click on the image above for the full, 3150×2100 version.

Here are some details:

Prints can be purchased available at Squidspot, with different variations (including a colored version) available.

Via Behance.