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<li><em>An equal amount of figure and ground. </em>In this composition, I used S&#8217;s and O&#8217;s in order to give it a sense of movement. The S&#8217;s are Savoye LET typeface and the O&#8217;s are Matura MT Script Capitals. The differing thickness of the lines also gives the illusion of movement.</li>
<li><em>Mostly negative space. </em>In this composition I used two E&#8217;s and an L in the Geneva typeface.</li>
<li><em>Mostly positive space. </em>In this composition, the black is the figure and the white is the ground. Within this composition are the letters H, V, U, and L, all in the Futura typeface.</li>
<li>This last composition is a made up of only the letter H in the Geneva typeface.</li>
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