Explorations in Typography!

Featuring: The 23rd letter of the Greek Alphabet.

PSI!

Okay, for this assignment we had to pick on of the letters from either the Greek or Phoenician Alphabets. I chose the Letter Psi. We were then given the task of writing a one paragraph about the origins of the letter as well as if it has any significance in modern society.  The following is what I wrote and is on all of the designs:

"Psi is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and it represents the sound /ps/ like the English lapse.Psi was adopted in the Runic alphabet , and also into Cyrillic alphabets. the letter Psi is also used in physics to represent a wave function in quantum mechanics. Psi has many different meanings depending on the topic. In Biochemistry, it represents a rare nucleotide called Pseudouridillic Acid. Yet when talking about Astronomy, Psi represents the planet Neptune. Psi is also used to denote paranormal phenomena and is now a premier term in Parapsychology."

I used the paranormal as a jumping point for my design and it is why in two of the designs the letter for Psi is feathered almost all the way out. For this design series we needed to also create a visual Hierarchy using our body copy, our letter form, and our letter's name. I believe that my second design is the most effective.