BOXTYPE
Experience note-taking playful with the nostalgia of pen and paper.
We were inspired by the memory of using the brown Onward lined exercise notebook, and the tactile feel of writing with pen and paper, which has almost gotten lost in the digital age of keyboards. We weren't trying to make a "reMarkable"; we just wanted a well thought out piece of software that simulated that nostalgic experience, was different from the dearth of note-taking tools, and was yet its own thing. BOXTYPE is that thing.
Every text editor inherits the same 50-year-old assumption: a document is a stack of lines and you type at the end of one. That's great for prose and at odds with the way people actually write on paper: laying out, spacing, and composing anywhere on a surface. We wanted to see what an editor feels like when the page is something you can address directly, not a queue you append to.
BOXTYPE gives you an infinite page. Place the cursor anywhere and type, like pen on paper. We modelled the document as a page of cells with true random access: every cell is addressable, the cursor can jump anywhere, and editing is modal in the Vim tradition so power users keep their hands on the keys. BOXTYPE is keyboard-first throughout, with editable, platform-aware shortcuts for navigation, editing and clipboard work.
Random access
Jump the cursor to any cell instantly, with no line-by-line navigation. The page is a canvas, not a queue.
Modal editing
Vim-like modes mean the muscle memory transfers. Navigate, edit, yank and paste without leaving the home row.
Editable shortcuts
Every binding is remappable and platform-aware, so the editor bends to your hands instead of the other way round.
Shipped as a studio release and a proof-of-craft: a small, opinionated tool we built because we wanted to use it. Built test-first, it sets the bar we hold client work to.