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Ragtime — typography game for text rag
Tool powered by Ragtime on Fathom Information Design.
Play Ragtime on fathom.info: fix typographic rag in 60 seconds—keyboard typography game about text rag, not the Broadway play—
What is the Ragtime typography game?
Ragtime at fathom.info/ragtime/ is a free typography game from Fathom Information Design (2011)—not the musical play Ragtime. You fix typographic rag: the uneven vertical edge of ranged-left paragraph text. Use arrow keys to place the cursor, Return to push a word down, Delete to pull a word up (hyphens allowed), then finish within 60 seconds to score your line breaks. Press H to hint and pause. The game is keyboard-only with ragtime music by David Ricard.
Tips for fixing typographic rag in Ragtime
Use these habits during the 60-second rounds on fathom.info/ragtime/.
- Scan for holes and ladders first: Holes are wide gaps in the rag edge; ladders are words stacked vertically. Fix the worst offender before micro-adjusting the typography game paragraph.
- Move one word at a time: Return drops a word down; Delete pulls it up. Small moves beat large swings that create new rag problems elsewhere in the block.
- Use H when you freeze: The hint key pauses the timer and suggests a fix—helpful when learning text rag mechanics before you chase high scores.
- Finish before chasing perfection: Arrow to the Finish button and press Return before time expires. An good rag submitted beats an ideal rag that times out.
- Keep hands on the keyboard: Fathom built Ragtime without mouse support. Click the game area first so arrow keys reach the iframe.
- Replay the same round type: Rounds use different source texts. A second pass on similar copy builds pattern recognition for editorial rag work.
Compare typography games
Ragtime trains paragraph rag—the shape of ranged-left text edges. These games cover kerning, letterform curves, and UI judgment on Uwarp.
| Game | Primary skill | Input | On Uwarp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime | Fix paragraph rag with line breaks under time pressure | Keyboard only | Play |
| Kern Type | Adjust letter spacing to match reference kerning | Keyboard + mouse | Kern Type |
| Shape Type | Drag curves to match typeface outlines | Keyboard + mouse | Shape Type |
After the Ragtime typography game
Continue letter and layout training .
- Practice kerning next: Open /kern-type on type.method.ac when pairwise letter spacing needs work beyond paragraph rag.
- Train letterform curves: Use /shape-type for outline-level typography games from Method of Action.
- Sharpen UI spacing judgment: Play /pixactly for pixel dimensions or /cant-unsee for interface detail between rag sessions.
- Browse typography games: See /tools/games for Kern Type, Shape Type, and related trainers in one directory.
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