Type & code

Matrix rain

Falling columns of glyphs — motion shown as a trail, not as time.

Matrix rain: a type & code effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Matrix rain in the studio

Controls

cell
Type size, which is also the column width. The rain lives in the number of streams, not the size of a glyph
trail
Length of a stream in characters. At one only the heads are left — bright dots with no sense of direction
density
What share of the columns are running. Not every column is taken, and that is what makes it read as rain rather than hatching
follow
How much the picture commands the rain. At zero the rain ignores it; at one the streams die out where the frame is dark
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
ink
A colour, #38d15a by default.
head
A colour, #dcffe4 by default.
paper
A colour, #04070a by default.

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