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Datatype — variable font that turns text into charts (franktisellano.github.io)

submitted 7 months ago by raman_klogius@ani.social to c/typography@lemmy.ca

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Datatype is data as type

Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images, no rendering library — just type the syntax and Datatype's ligature substitution does the rest.

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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I love that you can select it like text (because it is), and you copy-paste the raw data in plain text.

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[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

It’s pretty neat but I think a drawback is that the data needs to be normalized. I don’t think you can put the raw data in there.

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[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Ah, yeah, good point. It does need to be normalized between 0-100, but still pretty cool that you can do that.

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