# COMPOSE: Set in Type — Falling type, spell the line

> Falling type, spell the line (iPhone/iPad app by Roman Marchenko.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/compose-set-in-type/id6789497121 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Roman Marchenko](https://appshunter.io/developer/1892599324)
- Category: Games, Puzzle, Word
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-15
- Data updated: 2026-08-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/compose-set-in-type/id6789497121/reviews.md

## What is COMPOSE?

COMPOSE — set type, spell lines.

Sorts of type fall into the galley. Slide and rotate them, fill a line, and it clears. But the compositor's real prize is a SET LINE: complete a line that spells a word and it flushes to letterpress red, worth far more than a plain clear. Stack too high and the forme jams — OVERSET.

The falling-block classic, re-voiced as typesetting. The word is the score.

• THE NOKIA LOOP — discrete grid, one thumb, instant retry under a second. Speed is a POINT SIZE you pick before the run, never a difficulty that sneaks up on you.

• THE WORD IS THE SCORE — clear a line by filling it, or by spelling a word inside it. Longer, rarer words are worth far more, and your best word is what the game remembers.

• TYPOGRAPHY IS THE GAME — every letter, rule, and mark is set type, not a picture. Zero image assets. Pick your face from THE SPECIMEN BOOK; earn new ones just by playing.

• FIVE WRITING SYSTEMS — Latin, Roman, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew (right-to-left), each with its own case of sorts, its own words, and its own cultural typeface — Frank Rühl for Hebrew, a didone for Greek, a Slavonic hand for Cyrillic.

• EDITIONS — warm INK paper, a comfortable NIGHT mode (dark is never paywalled), and an earned PHOSPHOR terminal edition with a faint rain of type.

• HONEST — free forever. No ads. No tracking. Plays offline. One optional purchase, THE SPECIMEN BOOK, unlocks the extra faces, two more papers, the narrow STICK measure, and the DAILY GALLEY (one seeded run a day).

Set the line before it jams.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Full Specimen Book | $1.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-07-15

No release notes.

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