Excellent—would love to see what you come up with!
Posted by on 05/08 at 02:41 PM
Slabtype algorithm now a jQuery plugin
Algorithms, Digital Humanities, Graphic Design, jQuery, Source Code, Typography
1/17/12
Slabtype, the text rendering algorithm I developed for Public Secrets, has been adapted by web developer Brian McAllister as a jQuery plugin. If you’re interested, you can read details about the inner workings of the original algorithm. Very gratifying to see past work live on in new forms!
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I’m in the early stages of changing my website from a blog into a personal portfolio site. I’m planning to use your Slabtype algorithm (via Brian’s excellent plugin) for all the ‘hero’ text.
Thanks to both you & Brian! I’m heavily in your debt.
Now I’m off to see what other goodies await on your site.
Posted by Will Parker on 05/08 at 02:13 PM
I’ll remember to send you some pics and a link.
After reading your description of the algorithm, I’m thinking of modifying Brian’s plugin to add an option to specify start and end text colors (e.g., line 1 color = start, line N color = end, line 3 color = 3/Nth of the way along the HSL vector between start and end).
Posted by Will Parker on 05/08 at 04:45 PM
Sounds sweet—yeah, I guess there’s all kinds of interesting transformations you could play with along the length of the text…
Posted by on 05/08 at 05:40 PM
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