Graham Douglas
@readytext.co.uk
30 years in STM publishing & related industries, then redundancy hit a week before Christmas 2025. Am lucky, I have time to consider what next? 🤔 Ditched Windows for Linux—should have switched ages ago. Enjoy hobby programming, especially now using Linux!
Multilingual text used to clip a set of colorful random walks (vector paths). All examples are vector SVGs. Glyph path fills fully clipped before writing to the SVG file: i.e., no clipping paths used in the SVGs (heavy work done by my code). Multilingual text from AI (my apologies if any are wrong).
September 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Multilingual text used to clip a set of colorful random walks (vector paths). All examples are vector SVGs. Glyph path fills fully clipped before writing to the SVG file: i.e., no clipping paths used in the SVGs (heavy work done by my code). Multilingual text from AI (my apologies if any are wrong).
A completely random collection of examples produced by a graphics toolchain I've been working on. ALL examples are 100% fully editable vector SVGs, converted to PNG for the purposes of building a video (using ffmpeg). All text/math is output as glyph outlines.
September 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
A completely random collection of examples produced by a graphics toolchain I've been working on. ALL examples are 100% fully editable vector SVGs, converted to PNG for the purposes of building a video (using ffmpeg). All text/math is output as glyph outlines.
And some fun with funky flow fields...
September 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
And some fun with funky flow fields...
Stumbled on an algorithm called "Rainbow Smoke" by Hungarian programmer József Fejes. I asked Claude Code to convert a Python implementation to Lua (for use with LuaJIT). 20 minutes later I'm having nerdy fun producing these.
September 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Stumbled on an algorithm called "Rainbow Smoke" by Hungarian programmer József Fejes. I asked Claude Code to convert a Python implementation to Lua (for use with LuaJIT). 20 minutes later I'm having nerdy fun producing these.
Page 41 of "A glossary of dialect & archaic words used in the County of Gloucester", published in 1890, has an entry for "DUMBLEDORE"
DUMBLEDORE. sb. A bumble bee. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
" Like a DUMBDLEDORE in a pitcher " is said of a person whose voice is indistinct.
archive.org/details/glos...
DUMBLEDORE. sb. A bumble bee. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
" Like a DUMBDLEDORE in a pitcher " is said of a person whose voice is indistinct.
archive.org/details/glos...
A glossary of dialect & archaic words used in the County of Gloucester. Edited by Lord Moreton
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August 18, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Page 41 of "A glossary of dialect & archaic words used in the County of Gloucester", published in 1890, has an entry for "DUMBLEDORE"
DUMBLEDORE. sb. A bumble bee. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
" Like a DUMBDLEDORE in a pitcher " is said of a person whose voice is indistinct.
archive.org/details/glos...
DUMBLEDORE. sb. A bumble bee. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
" Like a DUMBDLEDORE in a pitcher " is said of a person whose voice is indistinct.
archive.org/details/glos...
Mark Twain's Nemesis: The Paige Compositor.
Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) lost a fortune through an ill-fated investment into a typesetting machine called The Paige Compositor. It was eclipsed by the Linotype. Download a PDF of the full story here:
eric.ed.gov?id=ED265544
Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) lost a fortune through an ill-fated investment into a typesetting machine called The Paige Compositor. It was eclipsed by the Linotype. Download a PDF of the full story here:
eric.ed.gov?id=ED265544
ERIC - ED265544 - Mark Twain's Nemesis: The Paige Compositor., 1985-Aug
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), who had set type by hand in his youth, had believed that a mechanical composer was beyond the realm of possibility. In 1880, however, he invested $2,000 in an early typese...
eric.ed.gov
August 18, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Mark Twain's Nemesis: The Paige Compositor.
Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) lost a fortune through an ill-fated investment into a typesetting machine called The Paige Compositor. It was eclipsed by the Linotype. Download a PDF of the full story here:
eric.ed.gov?id=ED265544
Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain) lost a fortune through an ill-fated investment into a typesetting machine called The Paige Compositor. It was eclipsed by the Linotype. Download a PDF of the full story here:
eric.ed.gov?id=ED265544