All work/SaaS2025

Mail Portal

Design, validate, and submit direct mail without leaving the browser.

Client
Print & mail · confidential
Year
2025
Type
SaaS
Live
Private
Overview

The client's customers used to ship PDFs back and forth, get them kicked back for indicia placement or barcode clear zones, and re-do the round trip. Mail Portal moves the entire design + validation loop into the browser, with USPS-aware overlays and per-template guardrails so nothing leaves design without already being deliverable.

Stack
Next.jsFabric.jsTurbopackTypeScriptTailwindPlaywright
What it does

The shortlist.

  • 01Real-time USPS overlay: address block, IMb clear zone, indicia, tab/wafer zones, safe area, bleed
  • 02Variable-font axis control (weight + opsz) for Inter inside the editor
  • 03Per-page editing for self-mailers and multi-panel formats
  • 04Project wizard: category → size → mail class → template
  • 05Playwright suite covering the design + submission flow
Inside the system

Capabilities, in plain language.

01

Design surface

Layers panel, properties panel with position/size in inches, typography controls (variable axes), color, fill/stroke, image fit. Built on Fabric.js v6.

02

USPS validation

Live overlays for every regulated zone. Toggle them on while designing. Anything outside the safe area or inside a clear zone surfaces immediately, not after the proof is back.

03

Submission flow

Status badges, brand thumbnails on the dashboard, stubbed integrations for auth, address validation, NCOA, and Lob hand-off ready to swap in production endpoints.

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