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Published: 6th October, 2013
Last edited: 13th October, 2013
Created: 5th October, 2013
As usual, this is not what I set out to do. But it had merit of its own, so, as usual, what the heck principle was internally said and employed.
Uses only the square brick.
With only 45° cuts, this fs was not as clear-cut as evident. Much -fun- pains were staked to get things to line-up and combine and gel and connect and whatnot.
There are two types of connectors: internal and external. These can be used to connect letters together at the second rhombus level for external connectors and third rhombus level for internal connectors. Furthermore, each connector comes in horizontal and vertical variants. All connectors have a zero width, meaning typing any does not advance the character. This allows for connectors to be placed betwixt letters without manual adjustment. Further-furthermore, the horizontal and vertical connectors can be stacked one-on-top-of-another for a heavier connector action. Further-further-furthermore, there are larger connectors available for tricky letters with extra gaps, such as the T. Each of the larger connectors have the same properties as the smaller connectors. Further-further-further-furthermore, the larger connectors have 1×2 and 2×2 options. There's a little bit of system to this madness. Once you start typing, it starts to become second-nature quite quickly.
{ = Small Horizontal External Connector
[ = Small Vertical External Connector
} = Small Horizontal Internal Connector
] = Small Vertical Internal Connector
* = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
( = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Left
) = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Right
_ = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
~ = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
` = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Left
< = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
> = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Right
Then there are the heavier grills that come in 1, 2, 3 or 4 column varieties. All grills are negative widths, meaning typing any stacks the grill over the previous letters, without advancing the character forward. Furthermore, a four column half grill is available which makes a faux 3D effect.
104136733
Published: 18th August, 2010
Last edited: 18th August, 2010
Created: 17th August, 2010
Well, there was this way to go.This is a clone of fs SquaredUp (and nowhere to go)
481113519
Published: 12th August, 2010
Last edited: 26th August, 2010
Created: 12th August, 2010
The bulk of this took less than an hour to do. The rest was just tweaks (and me playing Legend of Zelda elsewhere ;-).
With that level of attention paid to it (read: very little), I'm surprised how legible it is at small sizes...and quite a nice cadence to the coming together of letters in words.
PS: Sorry for the burst of sharing and posts. I'm on semester break these days...and just a tad bored. :-)
77124627
Published: 23rd May, 2010
Last edited: 23rd May, 2010
Created: 23rd January, 2010
An unoriginal idea that's been sitting around for a while. Don't go by the January 2010 creation date, no; this is a clone of a clone of a different idea (which may see the light of day yet...or not, whichever comes first ;).This is a clone
196734
Published: 26th April, 2024
Last edited: 13th October, 2013
Created: 7th October, 2013
A Zig without a Zag is like a Ying without a Yang.
It had to be done.
This vertical version was somehow harder to imagine and execute. I am sure it has something to do with how the brain perceives horizontal vs. vertical lines.
There are two types of connectors: internal and external. These can be used to connect letters together at the second rhombus level for external connectors and third rhombus level for internal connectors. Furthermore, each connector comes in horizontal and vertical variants. All connectors have a zero width, meaning typing any does not advance the character. This allows for connectors to be placed betwixt letters without manual adjustment. Further-furthermore, the horizontal and vertical connectors can be stacked one-on-top-of-another for a heavier connector action. Further-further-furthermore, there are larger connectors available for tricky letters with extra gaps, such as the T. Each of the larger connectors have the same properties as the smaller connectors. Further-further-further-furthermore, the larger connectors have 1×2 and 2×2 options. There's a little bit of system to this madness. Once you start typing, it starts to become second-nature quite quickly.
{ = Small Horizontal External Connector
[ = Small Vertical External Connector
} = Small Horizontal Internal Connector
] = Small Vertical Internal Connector
* = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
( = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Left
) = Large 2×2 Vertical External Connector Right
_ = Large 2×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
~ = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Left
` = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Left
< = Large 1×2 Horizontal External Connector Right
> = Large 1×2 Vertical External Connector Right
Then there are the heavier grills that come in 1, 2, 3 or 4 column varieties. All grills are negative widths, meaning typing any stacks the grill over the previous letters, without advancing the character forward. Furthermore, a four column half grill is available which makes a faux 3D effect.