ATypI 2016: Introducing Metapolator
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given at the ATypi 2016 conference in Warsaw
September 14th, 2016.
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- Metapolator is designed to be much more.
- There's a lot to do and to invent and I'm alone.
- Product ≠ Project
https://www.linux.com/blog/why-your-open-source-project-not-product
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Imagine helping people who are less privileged.
Think of minority scripts which are also complex and/or have many glyphs.
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Imagine helping people who are less privileged.
Think of minority scripts which are also complex and/or have many glyphs.
Imagine tools that have educational aspirations, that help users gathering a deeper understanding.
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Imagine helping people who are less privileged.
Think of minority scripts which are also complex and/or have many glyphs.
Imagine tools that have educational aspirations, that help users gathering a deeper understanding.
Imagine a new breed of tools that make new kinds of design possible.
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CPS and CSS, OMA and DOM
http://atem.graphicore.de/content/Concepts/Atem-CPS.md.html
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- Project loading and saving (almost there)
- MOM Developer Tool: drag and drop control points (almost there)
- Object Model inspection widget
- Finish and polish the Bauhaus Emblem Font tool (almost there)
- CPS-UI (almost there)
- MOM Developer Tool: feature parity with current Metapolator
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- Atem-Shell/Atem-IDE as a base for projects to start.
- OMA/MOM Plugins
- MOM Editor (importing from UFO is not sufficient)
- Maybe: Metacomponents
After that:
- Redo/Undo/History
- Metapolator rewrite to run in the Atem-Shell
- More new tools
- Advance Metapolator
- Improve CPS Tooling
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- Foundries, what do you find hard about making large font families?
- Design Studios, can you imagine using meta-design — i.e. custom made tools that define the design — for client projects?
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http://atem.graphicore.de
http://metapolator.com
Mentioned Links:
https://www.linux.com/blog/why-your-open-source-project-not-product
http://atem.graphicore.de/content/Concepts/Atem-CPS.md.html
Lasse Fister
http://graphicore.de
Twitter: @lassefister
GitHub: @graphicore