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22 of the World's Most Creative Alphabets

reubenmiller.typepad.com — There are so many crazy ways to write the ABC's. It's a great creative exercise - it would do me well to try my own when I hit a creative slump. I'm amazed at the ingenuity of some of these. This collection of alphabets was gathered from the portfolios of artists, photographers and design students around the world.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 10, 2008

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  • chewitt, on 10/10/2008, -0/+22...And by alphabets, you mean fonts.
  • scoottie, on 10/10/2008, -1/+20i only see 1 alphabet, the English alphabet
  • kickelephant, on 10/09/2008, -2/+11Hair type FTW!
  • AManWithNoName, on 10/09/2008, -1/+7Anyone else notice that the last one on the sign language matchbook alphabet is a hand flipping off?
  • mbradbury, on 10/10/2008, -0/+5Typesets
  • fragileKnight, on 10/09/2008, -1/+6Creativity couldn't get better
  • sockpuppets, on 10/10/2008, -1/+5That's how they reach your wallet.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2008, -2/+6I like the part with the alphabets.
  • sockpuppets, on 10/10/2008, -1/+4Thank you captain obvious.
  • Aurabolt, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3Beefabet ftw!
  • jvincent08, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3I was just skimming through looking at the ones that popped out at me. The sign language one wasn't one of those, but on my way past I thought I saw one giving the bird. Now that you've mentioned it, I looked back closer and it is, indeed, a hand with its middle finger sticking up! lol
  • CuddyBuddy, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Loove the 'light graffitti'...
  • sammydeath, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2missed out Eine completly

    http://www.einesigns.co.uk/gallery.php?state=thumb ...
    Reppin east london!
  • GreenPuyo, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Concerning the alligator clip shadow alphabet...

    It it just me, or do the Q and R appear to have human legs?
  • tallulahvulture, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3I agree i love the hair one.
  • AmyVernon, on 10/09/2008, -2/+4I love the butterfly one. I've seen that before.
  • tocsy, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2ARABIC? HOLY ***** YOU SOUND LIKE A TERRORIST TO ME! GET HIM BOYS!

    But seriously, I thought this was going to be a link to a bunch of different languages' alphabets. I was very disappointed.
  • Sabretou, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3That's what she said!
  • inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2I think it's cool that someone actually collected stones that resemble the English alphabet, and the digits 0 through 9.
  • j0hnnyb, on 10/10/2008, -0/+222? Why not 26?
  • RobotKeaton, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Dugg for the alphabeard.
  • GenericJoshman, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Well that was a trip and a half.
  • PlancksCnst, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2You couldn't find four more?
  • willsani, on 10/09/2008, -3/+4I now know how flexible women can be!
  • onsenguy, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Foreign languages get way more creative with their writing systems. Take Japanese manga where the "sounds" of what is going on are an integral part of the artwork.
  • wantguru, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1welcome, yob.
  • bobtheunholy, on 10/10/2008, -3/+4Arabic is among the most creative alphabets in history. Islamic calligraphy is astoundingly beautiful.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_calligraphy

    No.. I'm not a terrorist. Please withhold your stupid. ;)
  • inactive, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2Why are L,R,O so huge in the first one. There must be some significance of those letters
  • isunktheship, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2I think it can, but I guess I'm just more creative than you.
  • My571k, on 10/10/2008, -2/+3Where's the V?
  • porteresq, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_dDJDAPU0
  • kickelephant, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Fonts only exist on the computer. You cannot point to a printed paper and say, "what font is that?" But you can say "what font did you use for this." A font is a little program that creates a typeface digitally. SO, by calling a hand rendered typeset a font is a whole new level of fail. Don't worry, it's a common mistake :)
  • noahgelman, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3Anyone else notice that the first one with the toilet paper is missing the letter V?
  • NitrousFlare, on 10/10/2008, -2/+2Best ones:
    http://reubenmiller.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2 ...
    http://reubenmiller.typepad.com/my_weblog/images/2 ...
  • Gracenotes, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3Other languages can be creative, too. "world" in title is misleading (no, 6.5 billion people don't speak English). I would've liked to see some Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew... maybe some creative alphabets for language most people are unfamiliar with... still, an interesting collection. I liked the cubic alphabet the best.
  • helenkupo, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3What about 1337 h4x0r sp33k?
  • stefyourself, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3Aw, where's the Russian alphabet? У них нет любовь.
  • D3koy, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3I like the negative space building one....
  • alexkim804, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3i love the cube one
  • wantguru, on 10/09/2008, -4/+3Great Ideas! Alphabets by bodies, hands, meats, hairs, cars... and more... immense and various~!
  • ashwinmudigonda, on 10/10/2008, -3/+2The title is wrong. It should be World's Most Creative Letters of the ENGLISH alphabet.

    A common error.
  • Braxford, on 10/10/2008, -3/+2I didn't think i was going to care much about this, but wow. I was very impressed with how creative and imaginative people can get.
  • lestyoubejudged, on 10/10/2008, -3/+2I love this kind of creativity. For something of a similar vein check out:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJMYQy7DTvY
  • solarweasel, on 10/09/2008, -4/+3one word:


    wingdings
  • sh0rtstop00, on 10/10/2008, -3/+2I'm bloooooooooown awayyy!!
  • Kresla, on 10/10/2008, -3/+1WOW, I love all of these! They are so creative, especially the one with the guy and the red facial hair. =D
  • Skull0Inc, on 10/10/2008, -4/+2Correct me if i don't seem to know my alphabet, but isn't the first one missing the letter 'v'?
  • mwhatley, on 10/10/2008, -4/+2who knew alphabets could be so creative?

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