Showing posts with label security envelope pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security envelope pattern. Show all posts

Friday, September 11, 2026

Security envelope dashes

 
sprinkles for enveolope backing
Sprinkle them all over

 
This envelope security pattern features sprinkles all over.  Up close, they look like a mix of em and en dashes.
 
 
 

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Security envelope marbled

 
security envelope with marbling in grey and blue
Marbled

This envelope security pattern is more intricate than it looks.  The blue marbling is printed over a grey pattern.  This is done to add an extra layer of security.
 
 

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Security envelope plaid


plaid pattern security envelope
10 by 10 minus 1 and 10

To make this plaid pattern, start with a grid pattern rotated by 45 degrees.  Set up a 10 line by 10 line grid and on each side of that grid, remove one line.

Note that the blank areas in the pattern were caused by printer problems.


Monday, June 15, 2026

Security envelope basket woven

 
basket weave security envelope
Five bars per band

 
The basket weave pattern used for this security envelope is very rustic.  The pattern does take a break at the fold line.
 
 

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Security envelope polygons 2

 
polygon security envelope
Blue polygons

 
this polygon pattern does not seem to want to be mirrored and matched to create a bigger pattern.  Despite that hinderance, it is an interesting pattern.  
 
N.B. this pattern came from an envelope used by the same business that used the previously posted polygon pattern.
 
Addendum:  by doing a V flip and an overlay, it is possible to extend the pattern slightly in the vertical; nothing seems to inspire a further extension in the horizontal or vertical.
 
 
flip and overlay security envelope polygons
Just a flip and overlay

 
Maybe one of the readers can provide a way to extend this pattern?



Friday, May 1, 2026

Security envelope blue diamonds

This envelope security pattern features diamonds on blue paper.

diamond pattern on blue paper
Those are tilted squares

The registration markers can be seen in the upper corners of the wings.


Thursday, April 30, 2026

Security envelope stars

It was a pleasant surprise to find this envelope security pattern of four-pointed diamond-shaped polygons.   
 
four point security envelope star
Are 4 points a star?

 
The repeating pattern itself is very small; repeated it grows massively.
 
Security envelope patterns come in different patterns that .  Usually, they are small and tightly packed, covering the whole interior of the envelope to obfuscate the contents.   
 
 
 

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Security envelope polygons

Security envelope patterns come in different patterns.  Usually, they are small and tightly packed, covering the whole interior of the envelope to obfuscate the contents.  It was a pleasant surprise to receive this envelope security pattern of widely spaced polygons.
 
polygon pattern security envelope
It's a tee shirt!

This blue polygon pattern has been mirrored left-right and  up-down.  The tiny diamond in the center is the lower-right, lower-left, upper-right, and upper-left corner, respectively, of the pattern after the horizontal and vertical flipping and tiling.

Some sketchy V and H flips and overlays give a rough draft view of a more complete polygon security pattern.
 
more complete pattern rough draft
. . . flipped and overlaid . . .

 
This rough sketch demonstrates the result of enthusiastic polygon pattern and line matching.
 
aligned and flipped roughly
adjusting lines to meet
 
It is possible to continue the process and create even denser patterns.