Luxurious book inspires with words, design, and type: for Words at Play, two designers find crafty ways to create layouts and typographical portraits, using Adobe InDesign and OpenType fonts.(In the Field)

In elegant fashion, Gs form ears, Js represent noses, and Cs create eyebrows. In Words at Play, Roberto De Vicq De Cumptich, who has a passion for typography, used Open Type fonts in Illustrator to craft the faces of famous authors, as well as Al Capone and Napolean Bonaparte. Matteo Bologna, founder of Mucca Design, then placed the portraits in beautiful spreads using InDesign.

The 10X10-inch book, sponsored by Adobe, Yupo, and Andrews-Connecticut, a subsidiary of RR Donnelley, celebrates creativity. Each spread showcases the typographic portrait, a quote including the word "word" or "words" from the featured person, and a captivating layout. Each spread highlights …