The Process of a Letter

In starting this project of using a letter I discovered that I have a process and it takes some time for the different aspects to "gel".
Step one was to fine a letter.  I looked at many different fonts, chose a few that I thought I could work with and then started searching for a usable letter.  Finding one that has lots of curves is easy (especially if you use an "Edwardian" font, and straight lines are also easy to find.
At first I thought an R would work for me, but my first 68 thumbs said I might consider another letter.  In retrospect, the R had not gelled enough.
The new workable letter is Y in Zapfino.  It is pretty cool with flowing lines an intersection and a curve.  Cool!