These are just some type faces i was able to find quite easily showing the use of geometric shapes to construct text. The first one is isometric therefore feeling 3D so wether not it would work for my project would be up in the air. Having said that i still think it shows what can be done with text...

Sources (respectively)

http://fontfabric.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/cubic_011.jpg

http://cdn.ilovetypography.com/img/2008/11/geometric-type.gif

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