Texter | WingNews

[+] bshimmin|10 years ago|reply

I thought I recognised the URL! This is by the same genius as Elevator.js: http://tholman.com/elevator.js/ (Turn your sound on.)

[+] drinchev|10 years ago|reply

All projects of the author are incredible [1]. "The Useless Web" [2] is something I enjoy every time too.

1: http://tholman.com/ 2: http://www.theuselessweb.com/

[+] Dawny33|10 years ago|reply

Even his homepage is crazy. Try scrolling on "Australia", "New York" and "Codepen" :)

[+] pjbrunet|10 years ago|reply

Made some abstract art with it.

http://knowingart.com/texter.jpg

Frame that, it'll be worth something ;-)

[+] leni536|10 years ago|reply

I tried too:

http://imgur.com/wF232UC

[+] adhipg|10 years ago|reply

As impressive as that is, it's even more impressive that the last commit in the project was in 2012.

This 'little' web project is more than three years old and still amazing considering how much web browsers and web technologies have moved forward in this time.

[+] bsbechtel|10 years ago|reply

Not trying to downplay your point, but I think the fundamental technologies have more or less stayed the same during this time frame. I think what has changed has been the tools that help you better organize and work with those technologies.

[+] TazeTSchnitzel|10 years ago|reply

Oh no, standard web tech keeps working for decades.

Node.js and Microsoft/Netscape-only stuff, though? That breaks.

[+] paleite|10 years ago|reply

Look ma, I made an Alanis Morissette cover: http://imgur.com/zVZNJnm

[+] kenrick95|10 years ago|reply

GitHub repo: https://github.com/tholman/texter

[+] dharma1|10 years ago|reply

Doesn't work with Android Chrome for me

[+] ghostek|10 years ago|reply

Same here, anyone could share a screenshot of what we should see?

[+] laacz|10 years ago|reply

I've been running out of ways to find weird new yet not absurd stuff on the web. All linkblogs are constantly dying. Even these from the beginning of this century. Thanks to author's homepage[1] (can I call it that?) now I have one fresh - http://inspiring.online/.

1: http://tholman.com

[+] namenotrequired|10 years ago|reply

This is like the "text" brush, also introduced in 2012, in DeviantArt muro: http://muro.deviantart.com/

[+] kris-s|10 years ago|reply

I made a little video with this (part of an ongoing series).

https://youtu.be/w1RvNk6BA2c

[+] taivare|10 years ago|reply

It would be cool if you could remove the background : so when you import into Inkscape you could , trace bitmap , and further your design ambitions.

[+] NKCSS|10 years ago|reply

Very cool; I can imagine this could be used to create a nice website background, just set a corpus you like and have it cross itself a few times...

[+] ComodoHacker|10 years ago|reply

I wish the size gradient be smoothed more, to avoid accidental spikes.

Add (semi-)transparent png generation and you get a useful tool for designers.

Very cool otherwise.

[+] robin_reala|10 years ago|reply

Add (semi-)transparent png generation and you get a useful tool for designers.

Right click / View Image (in Firefox at least)

[+] ricardobeat|10 years ago|reply

Dead page on Mobile Safari. What is it?

[+] sdrothrock|10 years ago|reply

It lets you specify a string and draw freehand with that string repeating itself as the substance of the line. The size of the characters in the string varies with cursor velocity.

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