Human letters

All letterforms photographed by myself, and then placed into a poster that is 40x60 in dimension.

Collection of alphabets comprised of the human body.

The Strand set itself a novel challenge in 1897 — to create a complete alphabet using human figures. It engaged an acrobatic trio known as the Three Delevines and set to work in a studio in Plymouth: “We would venture to say that each and every one of these letters and figures will well repay careful individual study. Each one had first of all to be thought out and designed, then built up in a way which satisfied the author, and finally ‘snapped’ by our artist, for the slightest movement of…

This funny sheet sold at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, shows men twisting their bodies to form the letters of the alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. "The Comical HOTCH-POTCH, or the ALPHABET turned POSTURE-MASTER - Fellows form the Alphabet," artwork printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.

Body Type turns human bodies into a functional type system. It is available as a set of 26 hi-res photos or as a Photofont file (usable in Adobe applications), and includes two styles, Regular and Bold, for a greater range of expression.

Human body alphabet.

A group of black dressed, Caucasian people forming the alphabet.

The human body as a medium to communicate. Yes It was the first impression we get when we first saw this amazing kind of alphabet. Hand movements, or other body movements, maybe it's just a little reaction expressed by humans in response to something. But Pilobolus Alphabet? By twisting their bodies into impossible positions, the members of the Pilobolus Dance Theater (based in Washington Depot, Connecticut) have recreated 26 letters of the alphabet. It’s just amazing! The goal its self is…

The Shanghai-based illustrator Popil loves to combine new and traditional Chinese styles in her work