Research of Type and Lettering

I have never been any good with lettering and so I started looking through one of the books I have on my bookshelf, which has actually been a godsend. It is called New Illustration with Type.

It is a blend of type and illustration, type as illustration and type made up of illustration

I am interested in the latter. I think it is very interesting to build up font out of individual drawings and some examples they have in this book are really interesting. 

It allows me to incorporate illustration into font in a very literal way, and as well, I think it could make for a relevant and fun cover. 

Below are some examples of the fonts I could include