BlockFace

An open-source stamp kit to explore typography

We spend so much time working in digital nowadays it's hard to remember that for hundreds of years, typography was a purely physical medium. But if you don’t have a letterpress studio of your own, here’s a great way to experience that analogue experience for yourself.

BlockFace is a stamp kit designed to help you explore typography and more. Designed by graphic artist Will Mower, it’s essentially a modular typography printing kit that’s very easy to use. You simply combine the stamps to construct letterforms, design typographic posters and cards, and explore the joys of printmaking.

Designed by designer Will Mower, the first BlockFace type kit, originally named Alpha-Set, was released in 2018. The current iteration of the BlockFace kit is a set of 24 rubber stamps that comes in a fancy cardboard box with magnetic closure and the Typebook, a manual containing instructions on constructing six different letterform styles.

The BlockFace kit is available to purchase through a Kickstarter campaign. BlockFace is also an open-source project, so if you have access to a 3D printer or laser-cutting machine, you can freely download the files and guides and create your own kit.

To learn more and download the files, visit openpressproject.com/blockface