The MAILART Typeface

Keith Bates / K-Type Freebie 2004
www.k-type.com    -    keith@k-type.com

This font is free for personal use (see below).

Towards the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004, I sent out 150 or so snailmail and email invitations to mailartists whose graphic design flair led me to hope that they would each be keen to contribute a single character for a typeface, MAILART.  In addition, I placed an invitation in the fonts section of my website (www.keithbates.co.uk) and also asked fellow mailartists to recommend another participant if they wished.

It didn’t take long for the creative juices to flow, the ten digits arrived almost immediately - perhaps numbers are treated with greater urgency than letters? - and I began to receive an eclectic array of freeform typography.  Thankfully, most people kept more or less to the brief, but a few mailartists were so free in their interpretation that one or two characters were illegible and I had to politely request some reworking.  Most mailartists have cheerfully modified their ideas in pursuit of readability and consistency.

I have also permitted myself the luxury of making minor alterations in the interests of clarity and greater consistency- for instance in altering some proportions to make the x height and cap height of letters more uniform.  I have also emboldened some characters that seemed incongruously thin.  I hope no-one feels that I have trodden on their creative toes!

Thank you to all participants, and special thanks to those mailartists who stepped in at short notice to fill last minute gaps!  I hope you agree that the end result possesses a fragmentary unity worthy of our efforts and that you will be keen to use this display font for titles, headings and anywhere that needs un petit peu of postal punkiness.

	Contributors

!	Malok - Box 41, Waukau, WI 54980, USA
#	Sticker Dude - Ragged Edge Press, 267 Broadway, New York 10007, USA
%	Janusz Jaworski - PO Box 7062, New York, NY 10116, USA
&	Gullbe & Lupa - Staai 41, 6127 AB Grevenbicht, Netherlands
(	Emanuela Biancuzzi - via Aldo Moro 4/A4, 33050 Pavia fraz. Lauzacco (Ud), Italy
*	Simonson - PO Box 28, Snohomish, WA 98291-0028, USA
+	Anna Boschi - Via G. Tanari n. 1445/B, 40024 Castel S. Pietro, Italy
,	Ko de Jonge - P.O. Box 7082, 4330 GD Middelburg, Netherlands
-	Keith Bates - 2 Ferngate Drive, Manchester, M20 4AH, England
.	Crackerjack Kid - 35 Old Dublin Rd., Hancock, NH 03449, USA
/	Antoni Miró - Apartat 148, 03800 Alcoi PV, Spain
0	Eddie Nero - 1659 E. 24th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
1	Michael Leigh - , 33 Shipbrook Road, Rudheath, Northwich, CW9 7EX, England
2	Pat Collins - 2 Litchfield Cottages, Rattlerow, Mileham, Norfolk, PE32 2PY, England
3	Gerald Nason - 3 Church Walk, Laxfield, IP13 8DL, England
4	Pete Spence - 40 Bramwell St., Ocean Grove, 3226 Victoria, Australia
5	Magda Lagerwerf - Weenderstraat 23, 9551 TJ Sellingen, Netherlands
6	Jacques Massa - 6bis rue Coquebert de Neuville, 44000 Nantes, France
7	A. D. Eker - Meppelerstraatweg 27, 7707 CM Balkbrug (OV), Netherlands
8	John Puig - Plaza Diamante 8, Barcelona 08012, Spain
9	Birger Jesch - Friedhofstr. 26, 99444 Blankenhain, Germany
:	Martha Aitchison - Shopping Trolley Gallery, PO Box 108, Beckenham, BR3 1GY, UK
;	Ken Miller - ASKalice,  PO Box 101, Newtown, PA 18940-0101, USA
>	Artpool - H-1277 Budapest 23, Pf. 52, Hungary
?	Clive Phillpot - 3 Pevensey Avenue, New Southgate, London N11 2RB, England
@	Ruud Janssen - Postbus 10388, 5000 JJ Tilburg, Netherlands
[	Bob Barzan - 404 Patrick Lane, Modesto, CA95350, USA
`	M. Greenfield - P.O. Box 409, Newcastle, Staffs, ST5 8ZG, England
A	Anna Banana - RR22, 3747 Sunshine Coast Hwy, Roberts Creek, B.C., V0N 2W2, Canada
B	Gianni Broi - CP 684, 50123 Firenze, Italy
C	Carol Stetser - PO Box 20081, Sedona, AZ 86341, USA
D	Dmitry Babenko - P. Box 1670, Krasnodar-80, Russia
E	Ever Arts - Ring 28, 4317 AB Noordgouwe, Netherlands
F	Francis Fan Mail - Red Fox Press, Cashel, Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland
G	Guy Bleus - Administration Centre 42.292, P.O. Box 43, 3830 Wellen, Belgium
H	Honoria - 2505 Enfield Road, #15, Austin, TX 78703, USA
I	Michael Lumb - 8 Blenheim Road, Ipswich, IP1 4EB, England
J	J-Me - 12 Stirling Court, Brighton, BN3 6GS, England
K	Harold Kaplan - Geodezicheskaja 4-74, Novosibirsk-73, Russia
L	Lothar Trott - Turnerstrasse 39, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland
M	Emilio Morandi - Via S. Bernardino 88, 24028 Ponte Nossa, Italy
N	E.F. Higgins lll  - Doo Da Post, 153 Ludlow, NYC, NY 10000, USA
O	Obvious Front - PO Box 1644, Milan, IL61264, USA
P	Susanna Lakner - Gräfin-von-Linden-Weg 24, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany
Q 	Fergus Stewart - 42 Brooklawn Drive, Manchester, M20 9GZ, England
R	Rob Grant - 107 Collier Crescent, West Brunswick, Victoria 3055, Australia
S	Shmuel - PO Box 1253, Brattleboro, VT 05302-1253, USA
T	Greg Byrd - Arky of Toast, 5223 S W Genesee Street, Seattle, WA 98116-3926, USA
U	Lunar Suede - 8571 n. 4 Road., Richmond, B.C., Canada V6Y 2T7
V	Rod Summers - VEC, Cantecleerstraat 40, 6217 BX Maastricht, Netherlands 
W	Dobrica Kamperelic - Ustanicka 152/73, 11000 Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro 
X	Steve Random - 16 Adams St., Marlborough, MA 01752-2870, USA
Y	Charlton Burch - PO Box 1202, Birmingham, Michigan 48012-1202, USA
Z	Bernhard Zilling - PO Box 640203, 10048 Berlin, Germany
Ø	Jaromir Svozilik - Tostrup Terrasse 3, 0271 Oslo, Norway
ø	K. Frank Jensen - Spilkammeret, Sct. Hansgade 20, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
€	Uwe Bressem - Nordufer 14, 13353 Berlin, Germany
ˆ	Lola Boots - c/o Shanghai Correspondence Bureau. Zhaojiabang Road, Lane 1029, No.18, 16E, Shanghai 200030, China
“	Fergus Stewart - (for address see Upper Case Q)
= 	Bill Porter - The Olathe Poste, P.O. Box 707, Olathe, CO 81425, USA 
≠	Jaroslav Supek - 25250 Odzaci, Jurija Gagarina 3, Serbia and Montenegro
∞	Emma Powell - 73 Westfield Rd., Leicester, LE3 6HU, England
±	Guido Vermeulen  -  Vinçottestreet 81, 1030 Brussels, Belgium
≥	Sandragons - P. O. Box 486, Otis Orchards, WA 99027, USA
a	Alan Brignull - 33 Heath Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9PU, England
b	Nigel Bents - 155 Thornhill Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey , KT7 0UN, England
c	Creative Thing - 4921 Lemon Ave., Cypress, CA 90630, USA
d	David Dellafiora - PO Box 1838, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
e	Ellen George - PO Box 2871, Vancouver, WA 98668, USA
f	H R Fricker -Büro für Künstlerische Umtriebe, CH-9043 Trogen, Switzerland
g	Gianni Simone - 3-3-23 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, 226-0027 Kanagawa-ken, Japan
h	Laurel Hall - 2231 Foxdale Dr., La Habra, CA 90631, USA
i	Dmitrij Zinovjev - Rinuzu 11-27, Riga 15, LV 1015, Latvia
j	John M Bennett - 137 Leland Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43214, USA
k	Vanessa Kister - av. Pres. Getúlio Vargas no. 1875 apt. 01, Curitiba Pr. 80250-180, Brasil
l	Pascal Lenoir - 11 Ruelle de Champagne, 60680 Grandfresnoy, France
m	Ruggero Maggi - Cso. Sempione 67, 20149 Milano, Italy
n	Art Nahpro - 2 Brookside Cottages, Oxenbridge Lane, Etchingham, TN19 7AA, England
o	Henning Mittendorf - Postfach 50 03 65, 60393 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
p	Piermario Ciani - AAA Edizioni, Via Latisana 6, 33032 Bertiolo, Italy 
q	Vera Di Bella - Av. Julio Mesquita 499-42, CEP 13025-060, Campinas SP, Brasil
r	Rael Mail - Bizet 6, 4462 JW Goes, Netherlands
s	Stangroom - 243 School St., #1, Somerville, MA 02145, USA
t	Tartarugo - Apartado 822, 36280 Vigo, Spain
u	John Upton - 15 Stroma Court, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, KA11 4JF, Scotland
v	Vittore Baroni - Via C. Battisti 339, 55049 Viareggio, Italy
w	Boog - P.O. Box 1313, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA
x	Marilynn Dammann - PO Box 115, Baraga, MI 49908-0115, USA
y	Sztuka Fabryka - Kerkstraat 290, 9140 Tielrode, Belgium
z	Buz Blurr - 908 Main Street, Gurdon, Arkansas 71743, USA
{	Marvin Johnson - 539 N. 68th Street, Seattle, WA 98103-5317, USA
|	Giovanni Strada - CP 271, 48100 Ravenna, Italy
~	Boek 861 - Apdo. 861, 43080 Tarragona, Spain
DELETE	GX Jupitter-Larsen - 1355 46th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122-1112, USA
†	Clemente Padin - Casilla C. Central 1211, Montevideo, Uruguay
°	Frips - Halvemaanstraat 113, 9040 Gent, Belgium
$	Stephen Perkins - 956 Oakdale Ave., De Pere, WI 54115, USA
¢	John Held Jr - PO Box 410837, San Francisco, CA 94141, USA
£	Mark Pawson - P.O. Box 664, London E3 4QR, England
§	Eddie Nero - (for address see Zero)
¶	Roger Radio - Sidegate Cottage, Staplecross Road, Northiam, Rye, TN316JP, England
ß	Jörg Seifert - Wilischstrasse 11, 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
®	Elaine Rounds - 2237 Louise Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba, R7B 0L7, Canada
©	Carlo Pittore - 216 Post Road, Bowdoinham, ME 04008, USA
™	Crackerjack Kid - (for address see Period)
´	César Figueiredo - Apartado 4134, 4002 Porto Codex, Portugal
¨	Michael Fox -  Rostocker Straße 3, D-31141 Hildesheim, Germany
¥	Ryosuke Cohen - 3-76-1-A-613 Yagumokitacho, Moriguchi City, Osaka 570, Japan
Æ	Tim Drage - 34 York Place, Newport, Gwent, NP20 4GB, Wales
æ	Tiziana Baracchi - Via Cavallotti 83b, 30171 Venezia Mestre, Italy
œ	Sylke Göbel - Wilischstrasse 11, 09456 Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
¬	Zöna - P.O. Box 361,  Shelburne Falls, Ma. 01370, USA
ƒ	Eric Langolff  - 2, rue de la Maisie, 27 930 Emalleville, France
…	Carol Chapel - Fern Post Office, P.O. Box 1283, Philomath, OR 97370, USA 
÷	Andrej Tisma - Modene 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
≈	Daniel C. Boyer - 406 Garnet St., Houghton,  MI 49931, USA
◊	Jeffrey Dixon -4800 Fremont Ave. N., #124, Seattle. WA 98103-6565, USA 
√	Tara (c/oRoss) Priddle - 21 Valleyview Drive SW, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 7KS, Canada
∆	Rocola - 740 Dutton Ave., San Leandro, CA 94577, USA
µ	David Aronson - 3330 Dogwood Drive, Willow Grove, PA 19090, USA
∂	Pinky - Via Miramare 10/7, 16016 Cogoleto, Genova, Italy
∑	Günther Ruch - 315 Rte de Peney, 1242 Peney, Geneva, Switzerland
∏	Kiyotei - PO Box 2786, Carlsbad, CA 92018, USA
π	Leanda Ryan - 2 Ferngate Drive, Manchester, M20 4AH, England
∫	JollyRoger - P.O. Box 493, Alton, IL 62002-0493, USA

Eva Preisslerová for Ivan Preissler - Elisky Premyslovny 382, 156 00 Praha 5 - Zbraslav, Czech Republic

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