These prints were made by progressive enlargements of an original typewriitten 'a & i.' Beaulieu in prints #2-5 focused on enlargements of the 'a.' Emmett Williams' 'A-Journey' (1979) utilzed xerox enlargaments of the letter 'a' but at much less resolution and starting wit a typeset 'a.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.