Dave on Round 2 (2026-09-13), "the final stretch": the postmark goes above the two stamps, and the hand cards need air between the parts of the message so the half is full. Both in: the postmark sits at the top of the right half with your photo stamp and the Legacy stamp under it and the name block at the foot; the message has a line of air between the greeting, the line, the paragraph, the last word and the signature, and the typed, marker and softer hands run a size larger. The front is unchanged, per Dave: satisfactory.
Seeded from Brett's holiday-postcard, number 22 on his board. This starts from what a postcard is: the back of one. Cream card stock with a faint grain. A rule down the middle with the printer's line running up it. POST CARD set small across the top, the job label top left where the caption goes. On the left, the message in a written face, signed with a first name. On the right, the stamp, a perforated square in the card's ink with the kit icon on it; the postmark cancelling it, a circle with the county and the month and the wavy lines running over the stamp; and the address lines carrying you as the sender: name, credential, phone. The lockup at the foot of the message, where the publisher's line goes.
What every one of them already does. The stamp with the icon, the postmark with the county, the address block, the lockup once, the watermark on the card stock. The message on the left: the line, the paragraph, the last word, the signature. Nine ways below: the card flat or lying on a desk, four inks, three hands, the thank-you, and the front of the card. Pass or note each by name.
The card and the ink
PC-flatThe card fills the square. Navy ink. The baseline.PC-groundThe card on a navy ground at a slight angle, the way it lies on a desk.PC-burgBurgundy ink and stamp.PC-tealTeal ink and stamp, warmer stock.PC-kraftKraft card stock, black ink.
The hand
PC-typeThe message typed.PC-kalamThe message in a marker hand.PC-thanksThe thank-you: Dear Alyssa, in the softer hand, burgundy ink.
The front
PC-frontThe other side: the photograph inside a white border, the label and the line on a band under it, your photo stamp and your name in the foot, the postmark and the stamp at the right. The story format will want this side.
Builder: reference-cards/style-7-postcard/build-postcard-r3.js in the engine repo. Rounds 1 and 2. The seeds page is next-seeds.
