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Implemented my shared world canvas and multitouch-handler library, so now we have canvas pan, individual piece rotation, and (after a lot of effort) cutting of rotated pieces!

The world canvas and multitouch handler were ripped out of #LetterSet into their own libraries, but I had only used their canonical version in #RandomForms, so this was a nice further use. Bonus: all testing for this has been done via my insane iOS-simulator-multitouch-mcp setup!

#swiftui #BuildInPublic

@stroughtonsmith I have been working on a “WorldCanvas” library for just this, but it’s taken so much work:
- a multi-gesture handler (for optionally simultaneous pan, zoom, rotate)
- a reusable world, that can translate gestures and position from non-world objects to world objects
- a testing framework for reliably testing both of the above, together

These are all done separately and in use in #RandomForms, but I won’t be confident in their reusability until I upgrade #LetterSet to use them.

Test harnesses beget test harnesses.

This recording shows a new playground I’ve made to test a new “World Canvas” library. The demo encapsulates all of the common UX patterns from #LetterSet and #wishyouwerehere:
- multitouch-handler for simultaneous pan, rotate, zoom
- shape-elasticity for metal effects
- world-canvas for document-based pan / zoom / state
- protocol-based sheets with optional metal rendering.

#RandomForms #BuildInPublic #swiftui

Test harnesses beget test harnesses.

This recording shows a new playground I’ve made to test a new “World Canvas” library. The demo encapsulates all of the common UX patterns from #LetterSet and #wishyouwerehere:
- multitouch-handler for simultaneous pan, rotate, zoom
- shape-elasticity for metal effects
- world-canvas for document-based pan / zoom / state
- protocol-based sheets with optional metal rendering.

#RandomForms #BuildInPublic #swiftui

Test harnesses beget test harnesses.

This recording shows a new playground I’ve made to test a new “World Canvas” library. The demo encapsulates all of the common UX patterns from #LetterSet and #wishyouwerehere:
- multitouch-handler for simultaneous pan, rotate, zoom
- shape-elasticity for metal effects
- world-canvas for document-based pan / zoom / state
- protocol-based sheets with optional metal rendering.

#RandomForms #BuildInPublic #swiftui

Test harnesses beget test harnesses.

This recording shows a new playground I’ve made to test a new “World Canvas” library. The demo encapsulates all of the common UX patterns from #LetterSet and #wishyouwerehere:
- multitouch-handler for simultaneous pan, rotate, zoom
- shape-elasticity for metal effects
- world-canvas for document-based pan / zoom / state
- protocol-based sheets with optional metal rendering.

#RandomForms #BuildInPublic #swiftui

Test harnesses beget test harnesses.

This recording shows a new playground I’ve made to test a new “World Canvas” library. The demo encapsulates all of the common UX patterns from #LetterSet and #wishyouwerehere:
- multitouch-handler for simultaneous pan, rotate, zoom
- shape-elasticity for metal effects
- world-canvas for document-based pan / zoom / state
- protocol-based sheets with optional metal rendering.

#RandomForms #BuildInPublic #swiftui

Image export in #RandomForms
now let’s me use it as a starting point in #LetterSet. I also added a really fun haptic feedback effect to coincide with the first and second threshold changes in the animation. This is starting to get fun!

#swiftui #BuildInPublic

My sophomore effort, LetterSet - A Typography Tool, is live! Neither a text editor, nor a drawing tool, but a secret third thing.

In this unusual experience, you can relive what it meant to design in the era of pre-Desktop Publishing. Revel in the joy of:
-Rudimentary font selection
-Mistakes that are hard to undo
-Creative expression through limitations
-An unusual photo collage experience

I can’t wait to see what you do with it.
https://letterset.app

#LetterSet #typography #showcase25

Ok. @stroughtonsmith said “show interesting app developments as we get ready for iOS26 with the #showcase25 hashtag.”

While my #LetterSet app is still in the final stages of coming together, I’m super happy with how my logo came out last night, and think it shows off a lot of the fun flexibility that one can achieve with #iconcomposer. https://mastodon.social/@everyplace/115152242933752546

I lied: this was the original sketch that I filed the bug with. You get the idea. This is an actual "how it started" vs "how it's going" now. #LetterSet #iconcomposer

And a few more tweaks, now that I'm a bit more comfortable with #iconcomposer.

#LetterSet

How it started vs how it’s going. Apple’s #iconcomposer is pretty interesting.

#LetterSet #BuildInPublic #swiftui

New ebay purchase: an ad pamphlet on Letraset lettering. I primarily purchased it to get high res of these “how to” illustrations. #Letraset #LetterSet