Web based typography for word art, logos, and fun. This is the first web-based application to provide free-form text warp (AFAIK).
The drawing app provides a number of features to allow drawing with text.
- Warp text region to match any shape
- Change text font and foreground/background color
- Intuitive drag and zoom movement
- Auto-save to Amazon S3
- Upload tracing image to draw text upon
- Export to SVG or PNG (multiple resolutions)
Both apps are built using Snabbdom (alternative to React DOM) and RxJS state channels inspired by Flux and Redux. The Store object coordinates state transitions and actions.
The builder app generates a pre-formatted drawing based on parameters the user provides. The app is designed to support templates for formatting and user interaction, essentially self-contained tools. There is currently just one template implemented, source here.
This version of the application is designed to use S3 bucket for storage. Until a disk storage option is available for localhost, you can use this:
set S3_BUCKET=your-bucket-name
set AWS_ACCESS_KEY=your-access-key
set AWS_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key
npm install
npm start