This images I have found below is research of different typefaces of the letter R which interest me. I have chosen to look at the letter are because I believe it will provide interesting experiments in manipulating in different typefaces and then applying it to my word GLOW.
Looking at visual interpretations of the word GLOW. Below are a series of images I found on this website (below) which explore ways of presenting 'glowing' text. They explore layering and illumination.
http://pelfusion.com/tutorials/24-high-quality-adobe-photoshop-text-effect-tutorials/
http://www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/digital_image_processing/light_and_glow_effect_in_photoshop.html
Looking at natural illumination - glow worms
Avatar is another example of glowing colours used
Below are some other images which I have found which I am using to get ideas for my work and how to use glow in my text.