Type & Tile is a small studio that makes personalized crossword puzzles as gifts. Every order is one of one. Nothing is autoclued. Every grid is typeset by hand.
Engineer. Solver. Comes back to the same five clues every morning.
Background in software. Founded Type & Tile in 2026 because the only thing harder than a good crossword is a good gift, and he could see a way to make one out of the other.
Brand and craft. Sets the tone, runs the studio, handles the kraft envelopes.
Background in branding and operations. Co-founded Type & Tile in 2026 because she wanted to build the gift she always wished someone would have made for her.
"Two of us, a keyboard, and a stack of cream paper. That is the whole studio."The founders · Brooklyn, NY
Every puzzle, every clue. We read every line by hand before it ships.
We never reuse a puzzle. The one we make for you is the only one of itself.
The more you tell us, the better the puzzle. Inside jokes are welcome. So are the things only the two of you say.