Historically Influenced Typography

I thought this photo emulates "Historically Influenced Typogrpahy" because it's a college diploma. I feel like a college would use this font to feel more historic and to make there graduates feel more regal. I also chose this image because the font used to write "De Sales University" has some great swashes on it!

Naturally Occurring Letterforms

I found this really difficult to do for some reason. I just thought I couldn't find an appropriate "natural occurring letterform"... So I just settled on this one. I plopped my bag on my bed on the midst of everything else that was there and I noticed that the strap to my bag made a "U".  Not too exciting but I figured this was better then some of the other letters I found.