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typeslab.com

138 pointsgeelen37 comments

You should combine this with some of the more notable markov tweeters..

eg. @erowidrecruiter

http://i.imgur.com/HFm51oy.png

Funny you mention this: I was trying to find Markov tweeters recently, but Google only turned up a handful of accounts. I know I've seen more - any others you can think of?

Great idea, and nice results!

Some suggestions: - Allow exporting to PDF or printing. I would want to be able to print this as a full-page poster with nice resolution - Allow user-configurable colors

Fun to try with code (mildly). Here's the geekiest I could do that's worth sharing :-) http://i.imgur.com/IBaLCn4.png - based on the first stanza from the following:

   Tiger got to hunt,
   Bird got to fly;
   Lisper got to sit and wonder, (Y (Y Y))?

   Tiger got to sleep,
   Bird got to land;
   Lisper got to tell himself he understand.

      — Kurt Vonnegut, modified by Darius Bacon,

(as quoted on this blog entry http://mvanier.livejournal.com/2897.html about y-combinators)

Nice. It's remarkably similar to an ancient unfinished project of mine: http://www.degraeve.com/letterpress-invitations/ which was inspired by this post from 2009: https://mingaling1.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/and-then-it-was-...

It'd be nice if the actual height of characters was taken into acount. Try:

MY NAME

är tårta

Yep! I really wanted this, but it's a bit more work. HTML5 canvas has a `measureText` method but it only returns width, so there's a few cases where the text will escape the box. The logic is really simple for now, but I'll hope to improve it in future.

Would you mind submitting an issue with a screenshot of your text not rendering correctly? https://github.com/geelen/typeslab/issues

Jason Davis explains how he gets the font size information for his d3.js word cloud here: http://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/about/

You might benefit from the same approach :)

Holy shit that's perfect. Gonna need to do some work to make sure it performs ok as you type, but that's just the sort of thing I was looking for!

Very cool. I'd suggest adding a size feature. Adding something like a Holstee Manifesto would get pretty crowded otherwise:

    This is your life. 
    Do what you want and do it often. 
    If you don't like something, change it. 
    If you don't like your job, quit.
    If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV.
    If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.
    Stop over-analysing, life is simple.
    All emotions are beautiful.
    When you eat, appreciate every last bite.
    Life is simple.
    Open your heart, mind and arms to new things and people, we are united in our differences.
    Ask the next person you see what their passion is and share your inspiring dream with them.
    Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself.
    Some opportunities only come once, seize them.
    Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them, so go out and start creating.
    Life is short, live your dream and wear your passion.

Super cool, you should integrate it with a printer of some kind so users can order a print right to their door. (and you can get paid!)

Yes, this seems like a great way to monetize it. In the meantime, what's the best way to get something like this actually printed as a poster (relatively cheaply)?

Very cool! Looks like you nailed the simplicity. I built something similar although a bit more in depth here: http://www.postergen.com

http://i.imgur.com/rOO1yHd.png

This is an excellent idea and great execution. Would love to see algorithmic color palates built in - I've used https://github.com/c0bra/color-scheme-js in the past and found it a pleasure to work with.

I’d love to see a permalink feature. If you don’t want to store poster definitions, put them in the URL.

Looks great. If one could add a image background also, then it would be the perfect tool!

Fun stuff indeed - I just made one. https://i.imgur.com/adJEMJK.png

    Sewing hands are more holier then praying lips - Mother Teresa

This is fantastic! I'll be printing out a version of the manifesto I made for myself yesterday: http://i.imgur.com/7oqZF2D.png

Thanks for sharing it!

This is awesome - this will definitely helps spread great words with nice design :)

Would love to have PDF download as well, and probably more font pairing (like 3 fonts, third font use !!), but in any case, this is already quite awesome!

Thanks Glen Maddern!

Beautiful! Here is a simple Lorem Ipsum http://i.imgur.com/O099na5.png

Three sentence stories are nice: https://i.imgur.com/KJjbwf1.png

Cool! Integrate with lob.com so you can make a real poster.

I was flirting with this a weekend ago..

http://ayal.github.io/spacedout

Motivating lemons

http://i.imgur.com/DDDDp5Z.png

http://i.imgur.com/QjjnGI6.png

: ) I like this.

I've used it every few days now. Amazing tool. I've taught my designers that it is there too. Love it.

I really liked! I think it needs more designs, and can evolve to let the user create posters.