Identify that Letter! Part 8: Can you say IKEA?

At times, decorative patterns on the surfaces of objects can turn out to be great visual representations of the letters of the English Alphabet. This is a snapshot of a fabric pattern of a pillowcase that was displayed at the famous utensil/furniture store, IKEA. Certainly, it is shaped like a lowercased letter “M.” A row of three short stems with two shoulders connecting them usually make a lowercased “M”; actually, the shoulders are positioned on top of the middle stem and are branching off of it. In some cases, serifs protrude on the top of its left spine and the bottom of its right spine. For instance, on the picture, there is a projection at the bottom of the right stem that definitely resembles a serif.

This is an image of another object that was displayed at IKEA – a simplistic, red decorative mirror frame. Actually, it is only a snapshot of a part of the entire object. The object was definitely designed to be placed in a child’s room since it is ornamented with flower-shaped décors. It strongly resembles the shape of a lowercased letter “L” in cursive. A lowercased “L” in cursive is basically a line bent into a thin loop shaped like a slanted oval; furthermore, it has two curvy, arm-like projections that are extending on both of its sides. Visually, on the left side, projection protrudes downwards. On the other hand, the projection on the right side stretches out upwards. However, the mirror frame has both of its arms extending downwards.

This is a picture of a silver swivel wheel – an object that best represents a lowercased letter “A.” Again, this is a snapshot that was taken at IKEA. A lowercased “A” is interesting because it has two forms that are slightly different from each other. One form can be best described as plain because it is only composed of a large, round bowl with a bare stem situated at the right side. The other form is a little more sophisticated: even if it has a bowl (although a smaller and less rounder one), it is attached to a stem that has a shoulder at its peak with a terminal connected to it. Moreover, the stem has a finial situated at its base. The object on the picture takes on the first, minimalistic form that was mentioned – the wheel is the bowl while its swivel is the stem.

This is a snapshot of a wooden plate holder that resembles both a capital and lowercased letter “X.” Like the others, this was an object that was displayed at IKEA. Both a capital and lowercased “X” can be best described as two slanted stems intersecting each other (one stem goes on the opposite direction compared to the other one); together, they form the shape of a cross. The main reason why this object was designated either as an uppercased or lowercased letter is because of its medium size (due to the distance between the photographer and the object). Only a medium sized object can best represent both forms of a letter if the letter's capital and lowercased forms are identical in terms of shape and appearance.