Type & code

Type weight

Your words repeated across the frame; the tone is written by their weight.

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

Controls

cell
A number from 4 to 64 pixels, 18 by default.
text
The word set across the frame. One letter makes an even field where only weight carries the tone; a word adds something to read
span
How much of the weight axis the tonal scale uses. Narrow it and the setting evens out until the picture is barely there
invert
Which end of the scale is set bold: dark, the way ink behaves, or light, which reads as a negative
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
paint
Ink sets the word in one colour; photo takes the colour from the picture, so the letters keep its palette
ink
A colour, #101418 by default.
paper
A colour, #f4f1e8 by default.

Starting points

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