JavaScript API for Drawing Unconventional Text Effects

Blotter.js is a JavaScript API for drawing funky text effects using canvas, Three.js, and Underscore.js on the web.

When applying effects to text on the web, designers have traditionally been limited to those provided by CSS. In most cases, this fits perfectly – text is text, isn’t it? However, there are still many examples of designers combining CSS properties or gifs and images to create effects that evoke something more fun. Exactly here, blotting is there to provide an alternative.

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How to make use of it:

1. Insert Blotter.js and ChannelSplitMaterial.js into the document.

<script src="/path/to/build/blotter.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/build/ChannelSplitMaterial.js"></script>

2. Select the text to apply the funky effect.

var myText = new Blotter.Text("Text Here", {
    // more options here
});

3. Apply texture to text effect.

var material = new Blotter.ChannelSplitMaterial();
var blotter = new Blotter(material, { texts : text });

4. Display the text effect on the screen.

var scope = blotter.forText(text);
scope.appendTo(document.body);

5. Default options.

{
  family       : 'sans-serif',
  size         : 12,
  leading      : 1.5,
  fill         : '#000',
  style        : 'normal',
  weight       : 400,
  padding      : 0,
  paddingTop   : 0,
  paddingRight : 0,
  paddingBottom: 0,
  paddingLeft  : 0
};

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