TYPOMEMO - Typography Game Box | Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs | Hermann Schmidt Verlag

The TypoMemo from Hermann Schmidt Verlag is a declaration of love for letters, a miniature lettering box in panoramic format and the most charming way to sensitize graphic designers to font details. It is a design object for people with a good memory and a chance to consolidate the enthusiasm for letters in children of primary school age in the family circle.

Four expressive alphabets and 24 special characters

128 fine letter tablets, embossed silver on deep black, triple-laminated Fedrigoni cardboard are waiting to be used and you decide: TypoMemo or Typoesie?
There are no limits to your creativity with four expressive alphabets and 24 special characters.

Under the spell of letters

Train your typographic eye. Play TypoMemo at different levels from reading learner to typo nerd. Captivate children, friends and colleagues with letters. Become a typoet and get to the heart of messages with 16 characters in the elegant mini type case. Or break out of the CNC-milled type case frame and write on agency and dining tables - out of the box. The ideas for letter lovers are almost unlimited.

About design and production

The sound makes the music: we have triple-laminated rich black, solid-colored Fedrigoni cardboard so that the fine tablets can tumble onto your table with a clear sound. So that there are no disputes about p or d, q or b, i or l, n or u when playing, fine lines mark the baseline in case of doubt.

In your TypoMemo panorama box, you will find 8 punched panels, each with 16 easy-to-press-out tablets. This gives you an overview of the characters and special characters the first time you use TypoMemo. Under the first panel you will find the instructions, but nothing stands in the way of your creativity in finding new game ideas.

A CNC-milled compartment made of HDF holds the letter boards and allows you to convey messages with 2 x 8 letters: in everyday life, as a gift or as a panoramic box for yourself. The 24 special characters prove to be particularly useful.

Hermann Schmidt selected the four fonts used (QUESTA, SOLEIL, gitan and utopia) for their aesthetics and distinctiveness, using capital letters from two alphabets and only the common ones from the other two. The box itself is deliberately not foil-laminated, it would be a pity about the matt black ...

Design: Tom Mrazauskas
Contents: 128 deep black letter tablets with silver embossing in 37 x 37 mm format | Four alphabets with strong characters and 24 special characters in an elegant panoramic box
Format: 35 x 10 cm