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🤫 fresh from the LuaMetaFun kitchen:

Still undocumented function lmt_stipple allows, well, stippled fills. And with some Voronoi magic, you can create eerie spider web graphics. 🕸️ 🎃 😉

#TexConTeXt #MetaPost

Wolfgang let the cat in.

Embroidery cat font, implemented in MetaFun with added color support.

#TeXConTeXt #MetaPost

Wolfgang let the cat in.

Embroidery cat font, implemented in MetaFun with added color support.

#TeXConTeXt #MetaPost

@frischefarbe zeigt im nächsten Mini-Vortrag eine andere Spielerei. Ihr findet sie unter https://hobby.boxesandglue.dev/ und macht Werbung für #Metapost, was tatsächlich an vielen Stellen etwas mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient hätte.

Im #TeXConTeXt Umfeld wird es deutlich mehr genutzt, aber bei #TeXLaTeX haben gerade #TikZ & Co mehr Nutzung.

#DANTE2026

@frischefarbe zeigt im nächsten Mini-Vortrag eine andere Spielerei. Ihr findet sie unter https://hobby.boxesandglue.dev/ und macht Werbung für #Metapost, was tatsächlich an vielen Stellen etwas mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient hätte.

Im #TeXConTeXt Umfeld wird es deutlich mehr genutzt, aber bei #TeXLaTeX haben gerade #TikZ & Co mehr Nutzung.

#DANTE2026

It’s been nearly a year ago, when Gerben Wierda (@gctwnl) shared this amazing example of diagram engineering:

https://ea.rna.nl/archimate/free-archimate-overview-pdf/

“The story at the end tells a bit about #LMTX and how it was done (it's about 2500 lines of Lua to parse the XML and produce the LMTX statements, and about 3500 lines of #MetaPost/Metafun to produce the graphics).”

#ArchiMate #ConTeXt

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
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#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

Gavin about #documentation for #MetaPost:

I am working with #MetaPost in #ConTeXt. Here are the resources I use, roughly in the order I search when trying to solve a problem.

➤ #MetaFun Manual (http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf) This is most comprehensive and helpful source.
➤ MetaPost Manual (http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/doc/metapost/mpman.pdf) This is not specific to ConTeXt, but it is very useful.
➤ The MetaFun page on the ConTeXt wiki (https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphics_and_media/Tutorials/Graphical_programming_with_MetaPost_and_MetaFun)
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#LuaTeX #LuaMetaTeX

#strokefonts 3 days workshop, 8 schools, 70 hands online on a #BigBlueButton + #metapost common code on #etherpads. From a common version, timelapses of 4 diverging forks on 5 #fonts work in progress.
#LaCambre #Erg #ANRT #EnsadNancy #HEARStrasbourg #HEARMulhouse #ESADReims #ESALMetz

Stroke fonts online 3 days workshop using #Metapost with @osp_kitchen and 35 participants
#strokefonts #workshop - using the #BigBlueButton instance of Constant association
@erg_be @La_Cambre — @EnsadNancy — HEAR Strasbourg - Mulhouse — ESAD Reims — ESAL Metz — @ANRT_type #typography

"Mais ce matin, te mettre ça dans les mains, https://youtu.be/z4sSgN6Auhw?t=38 et ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ une version libre et un peu foffole #metapost de la #Korinna que #Benguiat a redessiné pour #Berthold un jour si ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ #Gilbert est imprimeur."
#Hunstad #RTBF