Patt Vira | p5.js Coding Tutorial | Intro to textToPoints (Kinetic Typography) @pattvira | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
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Links:
🔗 p5.js editor: editor.p5js.org
🔗 Intro to textToPoints Code: editor.p5js.org/pattvira/sketches/JDwgmoZEr
🔗 Introduction to Creative Coding Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0beHPVMklwgMz4Z-mNp4_udo9mjBk7pn&si=XhvQaojd6cIrxvdn

🔗 Kinetic Typography Series:
🔗 Intro to textToPoints: youtu.be/eZHclqx2eJY
🔗 Intro to OpenType.js: youtu.be/97VC4PZTX7U
🔗 Rotating Type Tutorial: youtu.be/84AKFhqynvs
🔗 Wavy Letter T Tutorial: youtu.be/izZTqwamsKI
🔗 3-Dimensional Kinetic Typography Tutorial: youtu.be/lUqKie4Cc00
🔗 Oscillating Kinetic TypographyTutorial: youtu.be/KCp0RgEvV3c

🔗 Useful resources:
🔗 textToPoints() Function: p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Font/textToPoints
🔗 p5.Font Class: p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Font
🔗 Google Fonts - Roboto: fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:11 How to use textToPoints() function
0:40 Loading font into sketch
2:30 Using textToPoints()
5:27 Path angle (alpha)
6:10 Font size
8:59 Sample Factor and Simplify Threshold
11:09 Example: Making an oscillating letter A