[Sugar-devel] [GSoC] Font Editor: thoughts on UI/UX

[Walter Bender]

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I think the idea is that instead of drawing a bezier contour outline for a
> letter, some logo code draws the letter - that code could be written or
> constructed by placing blocks.
>
> On 2 May 2016 at 11:44, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not 100% clear what you mean by Turtle scripting, but we extended Tuttle
>> Blocks last year to enable Apps to run Turtle code (using a URL to pass
>> data back and forth).
>> On May 2, 2016 11:28 AM, "Eli Heuer" <eliheuer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll be spending some time this week thinking about the UI/UX for the
>>> font editor activity and I'm inviting everyone involved to share their
>>> ideas here as well.
>>>
>>> A good starting point is the core ideas from the human interface
>>> guidelines(https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines).
>>> Particularly, I'm interested in how we can make this an activity, not an
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Font editor applications like TruFont, Robofont, Glyphs, etc. assume a
>>> high level of understanding of what a font is and how one is made. Per the
>>> HIG we need to keep in mind our users are inexperienced, young and
>>> international.
>>>
>>> One example of software with the UI/UX feel I would like to see is the
>>> original Kid Pix for the black and white Macintosh. You can read about it
>>> here: (http://red-green-blue.com/kid-pix-the-early-years), or use it
>>> with an emulator here: (https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/).
>>>
>>> Also, is there an easy way we could include Logo(Turtle) scripting? If
>>> not that, some way users can make fun generative fonts on their first try?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Dave
>


We may need to add splines to Turtle Blocks to make this real. Would not be
too difficult.

-walter

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Walter Bender
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