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textorize-server — Easy textorize images via HTML image tags in PHP

Monday, October 19th, 2009

textorize-server allows you to build textorize images via simple HTML image tags. textorize creates crisp subpixel rendered text images via RubyCocoa in the command-line. textorize is an awesome bit of software but it can be a pain to generate all the images you need. textorize-server makes it super easy.

Here’s how to use it

<img src="/textorize-server/img.php?m=just_a_test&f=arial&s=20&c=000000&g=ffffff"
alt="just_a_test">

Just add a simple IMG tag in your HTML and textorize-server will give you this beautifully subpixel-rendered bit of text:

textorize-server test image

Installation
To run textorize-server, you’ll need to install textorize on your Mac like so:

$ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
$ sudo gem install madrobby-textorize

Then clone textorize-server into your project’s docroot like so:

$ cd <your project's web root>
$ git clone git://github.com/thrashr888/textorize-server.git textorize-server
$ chmod 777 textorize/cache

textorize-server is hosted at GitHub (http://github.com/thrashr888/textorize-server). There you’ll find more thorough documentation about textorize-server.

Anatomy — An HTML Framework

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Anatomy is an HTML glue framework that gives you basic HTML, JavaScript and CSS to get a new website going. Anatomy is built for designers that may not yet know the best way to build an HTML layout, as well as developers that are constantly starting new projects. Anatomy includes the most popular JS and CSS frameworks so can just pick one and get started.

Getting started is easy

  1. download the files
  2. remove the unused frameworks
  3. start adding your content.

Anatomy features include

  • XHTML 1.0 Transitional or HTML5 (experimental)
  • Smart defaults including jQuery, 960 and Google Ajax API
  • Layout basics: header with nav bar, content and footer DIVs as well as 2 and 3 column layouts
  • CSS Frameworks (960, Blueprint, YUI, meyerweb reset, Dropdown Menu)
  • JS Frameworks (jQuery, Prototype + Scriptaculous, MooTools, Dojo, YUI, Ext)
  • Google Analytics tags
  • Text to be replaced is marked by “REPLACE”

Installation

To use Anatomy, you can download Anatomy at GitHub or clone the repo like so:

$> git clone git://github.com/thrashr888/Anatomy.git

Anatomy HTML Framework is hosted at GitHub (http://github.com/thrashr888/Anatomy). There you’ll find more thorough documentation about Anatomy.

My Portfolio on Flickr

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

My Portfolio Pieces on Flickr

Frosti

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Bjork – Frosti
I made this.

Legendary Fist

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Legendary Fist – my Chinese martial arts comedy – On YouTube

Music Video: Aphex Twin – COCK /Ver 2

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Music Video: Aphex Twin – COCK /Ver 2 on YouTube.

My own notes here.