What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoeia?

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What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoeia?

Hello

Any help would be much appreciated.:-D

Is there a term for fonts that contain the character, quality or persona of the word, is it Onomatopoeia? for example:

URGENT

LEANING

very very small

W I N D B L A S T

ORANGES
 

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Re: What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoe

If there is such a word, onomatopoeia is not it. But I doubt that such a word exists.
 
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Re: What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoe

I'm sorry, maybe I'm not explaining what I mean very well - since there must be a word. I suppose it's like a concept illustrated through font, so Indent for 'Leaning', or BLOCKS - indeed, every font is used, but some fonts contain a certain character or feature of the object, simple example: Leaning. There must be a word for this. I think you accept my illustration and that words represented through certain fonts are, in a way, and loosely speaking, onomatopoeia is essence. Instead of the voice saying oink, it is the word+font...
 
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Re: What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoe

I think you accept my illustration and that words represented through certain fonts are, in a way, and loosely speaking, onomatopoeia is essence.
Onomatopoeia has to do with sounds, so it won't work for what you want. Unlike probus, I think there probably is a word for what you want - but I don't know it. :oops:
 

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Re: What's the term for "windy blast" font that has a wind blasted effect? Onomatopoe

In which case I'll give it a name: Scriptum Symbolica = )
 
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