MicroPoet 200
The MicroPoet 200 is a creative tool for transforming texts. This web applet implementation of the MicroPoet 200 is currently pre-programmed with course descriptions for ITP's Spring semester. Click within the applet to shuffle the current text and begin!
For more information about how the MicroPoet 200 works, go here.
You can control the MicroPoet 200 with your keyboard. See the table below for a list of available keys. Pressing the key in the table will increase the value of the corresponding gauge; pressing SHIFT and the key simultaneously will decrease the value. Try it out by clicking inside the applet and pressing the 'S' key a few times, then SHIFT-S.
| Key | Label | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| A | Letters: Visibility | Determines chance that a letter within a word will appear |
| S | Letters: Order Within Word | Order of letters within each word will increase in randomness as gauge increases |
| D | Letters: Spatial Swap | Replaces a letter with another letter of the same shape (width, height, ascender, descender) |
| F | Letters: Vowel Swap | Replaces vowels (a, e, i, o, u) with the letter 'e' |
| G | Lines: Visibility | Determines chance that a line will be visible |
| H | Lines: Order Within Text | Determines randomness of line ordering |
| J | Words: Visibility | Determines chance that a word will be visible |
| K | Words: Order Within Text | Determines randomness of word order |
| L | Words: Spatial Swap | Replaces a word with a random word of the same pixel width |
| ; | Words: Language Swap | Replaces a word with its direct translation in French, according to Google Translation |
If you download and run the code locally, two other keys will be available: 'P' will print the current text to your default printer, and 'O' will write a screen shot of the current text to a file called 'screen.png' in your sketch directory.
Source code bundle: Tarball containing source files and sample data
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