The Hole in the Argument, Original Monotype print, Abstract letter type artwork, 21x26 inches, Limited Edition Typography art

Hole in the Argument is an abstract monoprint made from vintage letterpress type, where language is built into structure—and then deliberately breaks down.

A dense field of deep green impressions fills the page, formed from hundreds of individual type pieces arranged like a compact grid. The surface feels both architectural and organic: part city map, part bark texture, part coded manuscript. But at the center, the composition collapses into a clean opening—a stark, irregular void that interrupts the pattern like a missing paragraph or a censored truth.

That negative space becomes the focal point. It reads as absence, contradiction, vulnerability—an interruption in an otherwise forceful block of “evidence.” The title Hole in the Argument sharpens the metaphor: even the most orderly narrative can contain a gap, an oversight, or a flaw large enough to unravel what surrounds it.

By using antique letterpress type—objects originally designed for clarity and persuasion—the piece turns text into texture, and meaning into uncertainty. It becomes a visual argument about arguments: how they’re constructed, how they’re defended, and how they can fall apart from the inside.

Medium: monoprint made with vintage letterpress type