Hidden Typography

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The first, and most basic, element to search for when looking for naturally occurring letterforms in the environment is the straight line. In mathematics a line is defined as “a straight, one dimensional figure with no thickness and extending infinitely in both directions.” Obviously, this is not how lines exist in the real world since all lines seem to come to two end points, so let’s just call them “line segments.” A large majority of the letters of the alphabet can be made by using lines, some good examples are:

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