Creating Typography

 This is my font I have designed for my book cover. It is designed to look like I have made letters out of origami using money. This is a big part of my subject matter as it is extremely important in the book, and this is why I have decided to design it in this way.

 I started by cutting shapes out of a dollar note using the lasso tool, then moving it around to get different parts of the note. I put each piece into a new layer.

 I then started to build up the shape of the letter by repositioning each shape, such as here where I am making the letter T.

 I the went around the shape on a new layer with the lasso tool, then adding a gradient similar to a drop shadow which supposed to look as if I have folded it with the shadow under it.

 I then merged the layers together and adding a drop shadow to make the letter stand out from the back of the page.

 This is the finished product, and I used the same method to create the other letters for the title of my book.

This was my first attempt at making origami text. I tried the use a rectangle to create the shape of the letter. I feel this didn't work as it looks nothing like origami, and wouldn't fit with a clean looking book cover which I am going for.