What Language Looks Like- pathfinder exercises

In this section, What Language Looks Like, we have been exploring ways text conveys meaning. Using space, hierarchy, case, color, and font style there are many possibilities in 'illustrating' a word's meaning with the text itself.

For the preliminary pathfinder exercises in illustrator, I had the word 'exchange'.

I wanted to illustrate the act of exchanging in the presentation of the word. For example, swapping a letter from one word with another. Also, playing with the position of letters in the word to convey exchange's meaning.

One of the variations I made:

ex·change

iksˈCHānj/

noun

1. 1.

   an act of giving one thing and receiving another (esp. of the same type or value) in return.

verb

1. 1.

   give something and receive something of the same kind in return.
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3. synonyms: interchange, trade, swap, switch
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