"Encrypted traces" is the ciphered font in which the code is a set of specific instructions and conversion process of the alphabet to encoding symbols.

Project explores the concept of a substitution cipher, with transformation of digital information to analog and back to digital. It was made by developing processed-folding objects series, using digital tools and the physical techniques. Both the digital tools and the physical techniques were used systematically in order to explore spatial, structural and geometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of prototypes.

A shrinkable pre-stressed polystyrene sheets were used. After preparing specific type of font, all letters of the alphabet were printed on the sheets in black, using a simple desktop printer, and then induced folding by placing the sheets under an IR light bulb at a set distance. The printed sheets folded repeatedly within seconds upon exposure to the light, according to the black-line patterns. The energy from the light gets absorbed preferentially by the black line, which acts as a hinge because it converts the light effectively into heat. The heat relaxes the polymer directly under the hinge region in a gradient across the sheet thickness. After that folding sheets were photographed. The edges of each sheet were converted to a graphic element and then transformed into a new ciphered font.