ra’s avatarra’s Twitter Archive—№ 34,060

  1. the gray circles are nib size/angle, small white circles are stroke tangent. rarely need to adjust nib angle except towards the end. so fun!
    1. …in reply to @ra
      the next thing i'm building is a tracing mode because i *am not* a calligrapher and the delicate proportions are not something i understand
      1. …in reply to @ra
        i *do* think that this could be a first step towards an interesting model with interesting properties?
        1. …in reply to @ra
          and yeah, seriously, 190 lines of clojurescript code. that language is a triumph.
          1. …in reply to @ra
            also those arent hobby curves, just cubic bezier curves (hence the tangent handles). might do hobby later, but this is fine for a prototype.