""It's an amazing idea, and it's surprising that it hasn't knowingly been done before. "Tape felt like the perfect tool to disrupt typographic tradition. It's fast, tactile, and unruly," says Varanda. "What fascinated me most was how tape could act as both a restriction and a liberation. It forces letterforms into sharp edges, but in the hands of 27 participants, it created shapes that I could never have imagined alone.""
""Tapeface is not just a typeface, it's a provocation. It asks: What happens when type design becomes accessible to anyone, regardless of training?" asks Varanda. "The second phase, Tapeface 02, made these questions even sharper. Each participant became an editor rather than a maker, tracing only the parts they felt made a letter work. It was less about drawing and more about negotiating value, taste, and clarity within collective noise.""
Tapeface uses adhesive tape to disrupt typographic tradition, producing fast, tactile, and unruly letterforms. Tape operates as both restriction and liberation, forcing sharp edges while enabling unexpected shapes through collective contribution. The process applies simple toolkit rules—rotate the sheet every 30 seconds, add tape, and pass it on—to channel chaos into structured forms. An initial group of contributors generated raw material and a second phase treated participants as editors, selecting effective parts rather than drawing complete letters. The project reframes type design as accessible, experimental, participatory, and resistant to conventional polish, questioning who can design type.
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