Category Archives: wordcram

WordCram Release 0.5.0

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Today I learned that WordCram 0.4.1 doesn’t work with Processing 1.5, and the root of the problem is the way it renders word shapes. Then I found that the same change that enables PDF rendering enables Processing 1.5 support. So … Continue reading →

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New daily: WordCram to PDF

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

WordCram now outputs to PDF. It’ll be in the 0.5 release, but you can grab the new daily build right now (zip or tar) and try it out. The only new code you’ll need is normal Processing PDF stuff, all … Continue reading →

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BarCamp Boston 6 Slides Up

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Here they are!

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See You at Barcamp Boston 6

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

http://www.barcampboston.org/

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WordCram Release 0.4.1

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

WordCram 0.4.1 is a minor bug-fix release, available in zip and tar. Danilo Di Cuia wondered whether French accents worked in WordCram, which surprised me, because I’ve seen characters like that in WordCrams before. But as it turns out, it … Continue reading →

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WordCram Release 0.4

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

WordCram 0.4 is ready for consumption! Download the zip or the tar. The high notes: If you’re passing your own words, you can pre-set their color, font, size, angle, and placement: word.setColor(#f02939).setAngle(QUARTER_PI); These settings will override the WordColorer, WordAngler, etc. … Continue reading →

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2011 State of the Union Address, WordCrammed

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Twelve other runs: The code for all of them:

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WordCram Interview

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

I just realised I never posted a link to the WordCram interview that Zoltán Varjú was kind enough to conduct! Zoltán runs a blog called Számítógépes nyelvészet (which Google tells me is Hungarian for Computational Linguistics) where he regularly interviews … Continue reading →

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PDF Rendering Is Almost Ready

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

After poking around, it seems like PDF rendering might not be as far-fetched as I’d first thought. I’ve made some pretty good progress: WordCram can tell when the sketch is rendering to PDF.  This means the API is unchanged: you … Continue reading →

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WordCram Release 0.3

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

WordCram 0.3 is here, and it has some nice improvements. Simpler to Use It’s easier to create a WordCram: instead of that long list of parameters, you instantiate it with your sketch, and then call methods on your WordCram to … Continue reading →

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