Rhiannon sent me link to a post of 30 Alphabet Recreations — alphabets made of every day objects, like food or clips made to hang frames on the wall. Above is the one I liked best. The woman who made it says
Building up the letters also reminded me very much of typesetting, as every type made of colored books had to be blocked with white books, just as it is done in letterpress, where large areas of white space are created by wooden blocks called furniture.
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