Lazy Typography

Creative typography is the art of arranging letters and words so they are clear, readable, and visually interesting. But sometimes designers take it much further and turn the word itself into part of the picture.

A clock can hide inside TIME, an eye can literally appear inside EYE, and a simple word can suddenly become a tiny visual joke.

We collected more than 20 clever typography designs, hidden meanings, and wordplay ideas and decided not to leave them sitting politely in a gallery.

Instead, we turned them into one very lazy Monday story. 😴

 

Creative Typography: How I Ruined a Perfectly Lazy Monday

Some Mondays begin with motivation. Mine began with irritation, confusion, random animals, and a brave decision to do as little as possible.


So here is what happened to me on one perfectly ordinary, wonderfully unproductive Monday…

 

It was early

Monday typography word art with a sleepy coffee cup design

morning when a

Bird typography word art with a bird shape hidden in the letters

my window woke me

Up typography word art with an upward arrow

I opened one

Eye typography word art with an eye shape hidden in the letters

stared into

Space typography word art using wide spacing between letters

for a moment, and instantly felt

Slow typography word art with elongated letter styling

and

Lazy typography word art with sleeping Z symbols

I checked the

Time typography word art styled as a digital clock display

and saw it was only

Twelve typography word art combining text and number twelve

past

Six typography word art combining letters with the number six

Far too early for me to behave like a productive

Human typography word art with a person shape hidden in the letters

So I stayed in

Bed typography word art shaped like a bed

for another

Five typography word art with the number five integrated into the word

minutes. If I was

Lucky typography word art with a four-leaf clover integrated into the word

five could easily become fifty. But I searched

Deep typography word art with letters descending vertically

myself for one

Good typography word art with playful letter shapes

reason to get up.

No typography word art with a red prohibition sign replacing the letter O

No reason appeared.

At that

Point typography word art with a red location pin replacing the letter O

I had roughly the energy of a

Panda typography word art with panda shapes hidden in the word

but eventually, I dragged myself out of bed,

Opened typography word art with bold geometric lettering

a

Can typography word art shaped like an aluminum can

of

Food typography word art with a fried egg and pizza replacing the O letters

for my

Cat typography word art with a cat shape integrated into the letters

and fed the

Bunny typography word art with rabbit ears integrated into the letters

Somehow the whole

House typography word art with letters forming a house shape

felt

Cold typography word art with a thermometer integrated into the word

so I went to the

Kitchen typography word art with kitchen-inspired letter shapes

in search of something warm and

Liquid typography word art with flowing and dripping letter shapes

made a hot

Cup typography word art shaped like a steaming cup

of

Coffee typography word art with a steaming coffee cup

and took a piece of

Cake typography word art with a cake slice replacing the letter A

For a brief moment, I even had an

Idea typography word art with a yellow light bulb replacing the letter I

of doing something useful. That feeling lasted about

Seven typography word art with the number seven integrated into the word

seconds. So instead, I gave some

Water typography word art with flowing water-inspired letter shapes

to the

Cactus typography word art with a cactus shape integrated into the word

pressed a few

Buttons typography word art with the B and S displayed as buttons

on the remote, and decided that was already enough productivity for

One typography word art combining letters with the number one

morning. Then I went

Back typography word art with letters visually turning backward
Inside typography word art with letters placed inside a geometric shape

the house sat

Down typography word art with letters pointing downward

and waited for my motivation to finish

Loading typography word art inspired by a loading indicator

When nothing happened, I played a little

Pinball typography word art with a pinball machine element
Game typography word art with a game controller integrated into the word

and later

Tetris typography word art built from geometric game blocks

It did not improve my

Life typography word art with creative letter shapes

in any meaningful

Way typography word art with a road integrated into the lettering

but at least it made me feel

Happy typography word art with a smiling face integrated into the letters

for a while. Then I remembered the enormous list of things I was supposed to do. Suddenly there was an

Elephant typography word art with an elephant shape integrated into the letters

in the room. I decided not to discuss it.

Since there was no

Rain typography word art with raindrops integrated into the lettering

I even thought about going

Outside typography word art with letters extending beyond a circle

to play with

Drone typography word art with an olive khaki drone integrated into the word

But that excellent plan got

Lost typography word art with a fragmented letter effect

somewhere between the

Sofa typography word art shaped like a couch

and one cup of

Tea typography word art with a steaming teacup

So I turned on the TV instead and somehow ended up watching a documentary about a

Shark typography word art with a shark shape integrated into the word

It was doing considerably more with its day than I was.

By evening, I felt very

Tired typography word art with a resting figure integrated into the letters

so I turned

On off typography word art designed as a power switch

the

Light typography word art with a yellow light beam integrated into the word

and went to

Sleep typography word art with letters arranged like a bed

But half the

Night typography word art with a moon and stars integrated into the word

I still suffered from

Insomnia typography word art with a sleepless nighttime design

And that was just one perfectly ordinary lazy

Day typography word art with a yellow sun integrated into the word

 

Does your MONDAY ever fall apart this beautifully too? 😏


If you create your own clever typography, visual word art, or hidden-word designs, send them to us at info@alwayslazy.com. We may feature our favorites in a future update or another typography collection on Always Lazy. 😉


And, of course, tell us in the comments what your perfectly lazy Monday looks like.

 

Source: Pinterest

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