Type & code

Type spiral

A line of type winding out from the centre, each letter turning with the path.

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

Controls

pitch
Distance between turns, which also sets the type size — the turns are not allowed to overlap or the line stops reading as a line
size
Type size against the space between turns. At one the letters touch the neighbouring turns; smaller leaves air between them
charset
One of: blocks, ascii, dots, digits, runes.
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
growth
How much the letters grow towards the edge. At zero the line keeps one size all the way out; higher, the winding reads as a funnel
weight
Stroke width. Constant here and carrying no tone: tone is already spoken for by the choice of character
ink
A colour, #101418 by default.
paper
A colour, #f4f1e8 by default.

Starting points

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