Friday, May 6, 2011

Identify that Letter! Part 11: Randomization III


This is a snapshot of a curvilinear hook that suspends one of an old-fashioned scale’s weighing pans (which are sometimes called dishes). It should be noted that the scale was displayed at the furniture store Z-Gallerie. Without a doubt, the object is shaped exactly like a lowercased letter “S.” When it comes to typeface anatomy, a lowercased “S” is simply a spine with two curved extensions (from its baseline to its x-height). The hook certainly takes on the stated letter’s shape in its sans serif form.


This is a photograph of earthly cracks on a concrete floor. It was taken at a parking lot. These linear cracks somehow formed the shape of an uppercased letter “F.” Anatomically speaking, a capital “F” is composed of a vertical stem with two horizontal crossbars: one situated on its cap-height and another at its x-height (though sometimes the bottom crossbar is situated slightly below the letter’s x-height). At times, the formations of cracks on the ground can also be described as formal rather than randomized.


As stated from a past blog post (titled Can You Say IKEA?), a lowercased letter “A” takes on two forms. Like the previous post, only one of its forms will be displayed again: the one with an expansive, hollow bowl with a short stem attached at its right side. This is an image of a white, round hook within the open body of a hanger – it is arguably shaped like the stated lowercased “A”. The hook itself can be considered as the bowl. Moreover, cropped part of the hanger’s shoulder can be visually perceived as the short stem.


This is an image of the upholding legs of a wooden easel.  By looking at its side view (when the canvas is facing the left side of the image), they form the shape of an uppercased letter “N.” In terms of typeface anatomy, a capital “N” can be best described as two long, vertical stems and a slanted one (dropping towards the right side) put together; the slanted stem is positioned in the middle connecting the two vertical ones. Without the inclined support of the rear leg, the legs together cannot be seen as an “N.”

1 comment:

  1. It is really good that you could find a lowercase "a". Good job!

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