It’s a toy that teaches kids to become font designers! Look out world, soon there’ll be an army of extremely detail oriented youngsters on the horizon. This thing right here is called Letterboxes. It’s a simple cardboard form with printing on it that folds up to a box with black shapes that when combined in the right (or wrong!) combinations, create letters and numbers. It’s got a companion font with it, too!
Designed by John Caserta and Jeremy Mickel
To promote the idea of producing this learning tool on a larger scale, the designers have released this free font! [LETTERBOX] OTF format – for use on non-commercial projects only!
Letterboxes Children of a young age play with small wooden blocks to learn the alphabet. Letters lead to words that lead into sentences and so on. Our oversized kraft boxes reintroduce the alphabet not as 26 distinct letters, but as the result of combining geometric parts. The 4-inch cubes may be viewed and stacked from any direction, creating unexpected shapes and letterforms. The boxes are made from recycled cardboard, delivered flat (assembling is part of the fun). This is a prototype. It is available for exhibit, licensing, etc. Credits: John Caserta, concept/design; Jeremy Mickel, digital typeface (downloadable)
Someone pick dis up! I want this thing produced now, go!
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