LIGATURE: Type Merge

Identical sorts fuse into ligatures. Swipe, merge, and climb from a single letter to ink — or fill the page and print MISMATCH. LIGATURE is a typographic merge puzzle: the 2048 loop, set in a beautiful book. Your score is the form you set — not a counter in the corner. THE JOKE Matching sorts slide together and become the next form on a printers’ ladder — i, f, fi, fl, ff… all the way toward ink. One page. One stick. One tap to try again. HOW IT PLAYS • Swipe to slide every sort on the composing stick • Same rank + same rank → the next ligature • POINT SIZE sets density (harder page, not a different game) • When nothing can move: MISMATCH. — then RESET TYPE AS SYSTEMS • Multi-script re-voicings — each writing system has its own form ladder • Specimen typefaces and paper editions (INK, NIGHT, PHOSPHOR) • THE PAGE (tight) or THE SPREAD (open form) • DAILY FORM — one attempt, shared course HONEST BY DESIGN • Free forever core — no ads, no tracking, offline-first • Optional Specimen Book (~$1.99) unlocks the full wardrobe of faces, papers, and THE SPREAD • Optional Game Center for best form / daily boards Sister to SNAAAAKE — same house (paper, ink, letterpress red), new joke. If you love clean puzzles, beautiful type, or “one more swipe,” LIGATURE is the next page.