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This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode charactersOriginal file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ ''' An interpretation of a work by Timm Ulrichs see this blog post: https://letterformarchive.org/news/shaped-text See other solutions in this twitter-thread: https://twitter.com/MauriceMeilleur/status/1329218247594561538 ''' # --------------- # S E T T I N G S PW = PH = 400 amount = 25 char = 'e' frames = 10 fnt = 'Helvetica-Bold' # --------------- cell_s = PW / (amount + 4) f_str = FormattedString() f_str.append(char, font = fnt, fontSize = cell_s * 1.55) char_w, char_h = f_str.size() pth = BezierPath() pth.text(f_str, (-char_w/2, -char_w/2)) for fr in range(frames): p_rot = fr/frames * 360 newPage(PW, PH) translate(cell_s * 2, cell_s * 2 - char_h/4) for i in range(amount): for j in range(amount): angle = 0 for r in range(amount): if (r <= i <= amount - r - 1 and r <= j <= amount - r -1): angle = r with savedState(): translate(i * cell_s + char_w/2, j * cell_s + char_h/2) rotate(angle / (amount//2) * 360 + p_rot) drawPath(pth) # saveImage('Timm_Ulrichs_rotating_e.gif')