During my independent study in printmaking in the fall of 2019, I set out to develop a project that was collaborative, interactive and had the potential for multiple outputs. After discussion with my professor, I chose to create a letterpress postcard that consisted of a grid from which a letterform can be created. I’ve always had a passion for typography and have designed tools in the past that designers can use to brainstorm and create letterforms.

For this project, I developed a grid from which anyone, designers and non-designers alike, can create their own unique letterform. I constructed the grid in such a way to allow for an array of possible outputs that still maintained a similar underlying structure.

Using the printmaking facilities and equipment at UTA, I developed two polymer plates, mixed ink, and “printed” over 100 postcards on a Chandler & Price platen press. The postcards are to be sent out to a diverse group of people who will then create a letterform and send the postcard back. My hope is to receive enough responses to create an entire alphabet. I am currently in the process of distributing the postcards.