Where do letters go when they’re not making words? Book artists know that they hide everywhere – often in plain sight – in landscapes, roadworks and signs, tree branches, rocks, flags, and even in a cup of coffee. [Links in the captions will take you to more images and details.]

Stephen T. Johnson Alphabet City (1995)
Lisa McGuirk, If Rocks Could Sing (2011)


Elliott Kaufman, Alphabet Everywhere (2012)
Roberto Beretta, The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog (2008)


Ornan Rotem, A Typographic Abecedarium (2015)

Marion Bataille, Vues/Lues (2008)
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Ellen Sollod, Outdoor Types : An Urban Alphabet Source (2019)

Jan Middendorp and Clotilde Olyff , Lettered Typefaces and Alphabets by Clotilde Olyff (2000)