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| 1 | +{ |
| 2 | + "title": "p5.js 2.0: Typography and Fonts", |
| 3 | + "description": "Let's explore new typography features in p5.js 2.0! In this video, I cover how to work with variable fonts, convert text to 3D models with textModel(), extract contours with textContours(), and control the detail of your typography with sampleFactor and simplifyThreshold.", |
| 4 | + "videoId": "d0GgzjCFWq0", |
| 5 | + "nebulaSlug": "codingtrain-p5js-20-typography", |
| 6 | + "date": "2026-03-22", |
| 7 | + "languages": ["p5.js", "JavaScript"], |
| 8 | + "topics": ["typography", "fonts", "text", "p5.js 2", "variable fonts", "3D text", "text contours"], |
| 9 | + "canContribute": true, |
| 10 | + "relatedChallenges": ["59-steering-behaviors"], |
| 11 | + "timestamps": [ |
| 12 | + { "time": "0:00", "title": "Welcome!" }, |
| 13 | + { "time": "0:49", "title": "Finding Fonts (Google Fonts)" }, |
| 14 | + { "time": "1:01", "title": "Loading Fonts with Async/Await" }, |
| 15 | + { "time": "2:30", "title": "Variable Fonts" }, |
| 16 | + { "time": "3:17", "title": "textWeight()" }, |
| 17 | + { "time": "4:03", "title": "Animated Text Weight" }, |
| 18 | + { "time": "4:31", "title": "Coding Challenge 59 - Steering Behaviors" }, |
| 19 | + { "time": "5:15", "title": "textContours() Introduction" }, |
| 20 | + { "time": "6:00", "title": "sampleFactor and simplifyThreshold" }, |
| 21 | + { "time": "9:00", "title": "sampleFactor Explained" }, |
| 22 | + { "time": "12:00", "title": "simplifyThreshold Explained" }, |
| 23 | + { "time": "14:00", "title": "Updating Challenge 59 to p5.js 2.0" }, |
| 24 | + { "time": "15:00", "title": "Angle Property of Contours" }, |
| 25 | + { "time": "17:00", "title": "textModel() for 3D Text" }, |
| 26 | + { "time": "19:00", "title": "Extrude Option" }, |
| 27 | + { "time": "20:11", "title": "Goodbye!" } |
| 28 | + ], |
| 29 | + "codeExamples": [ |
| 30 | + { |
| 31 | + "title": "Variable Font Weights", |
| 32 | + "description": "Explore using variable fonts with different weights in p5.js 2.0.", |
| 33 | + "image": "weight.png", |
| 34 | + "urls": { |
| 35 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/9SZYb2vX3" |
| 36 | + } |
| 37 | + }, |
| 38 | + { |
| 39 | + "title": "textContours()", |
| 40 | + "description": "Extract contours from text characters using the new textContours() function.", |
| 41 | + "image": "contours.png", |
| 42 | + "urls": { |
| 43 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ffDf3LmKi" |
| 44 | + } |
| 45 | + }, |
| 46 | + { |
| 47 | + "title": "textModel() - 3D Text", |
| 48 | + "description": "Create 3D text models with the textModel() function in p5.js 2.0.", |
| 49 | + "image": "model.png", |
| 50 | + "urls": { |
| 51 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/Z4DkmlvyM" |
| 52 | + } |
| 53 | + }, |
| 54 | + { |
| 55 | + "title": "Coding Challenge 59 - p5.js 2.0", |
| 56 | + "description": "Steering behaviors coding challenge updated for p5.js 2.0 with new typography features.", |
| 57 | + "image": "steering.png", |
| 58 | + "urls": { |
| 59 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/cetWD9rvY" |
| 60 | + } |
| 61 | + }, |
| 62 | + { |
| 63 | + "title": "One Letter, Two Contours", |
| 64 | + "description": "Demonstrating how a single letter can have multiple contours.", |
| 65 | + "image": "oneandtwo.png", |
| 66 | + "urls": { |
| 67 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/2xr1TAmXK" |
| 68 | + } |
| 69 | + }, |
| 70 | + { |
| 71 | + "title": "sampleFactor Diagram", |
| 72 | + "description": "Visual diagram showing how the sampleFactor parameter affects text rendering.", |
| 73 | + "image": "samplefactor.png", |
| 74 | + "urls": { |
| 75 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/c23YgfIhC" |
| 76 | + } |
| 77 | + }, |
| 78 | + { |
| 79 | + "title": "simplifyThreshold Demo", |
| 80 | + "description": "Working example demonstrating the simplifyThreshold parameter for text contours.", |
| 81 | + "image": "simplifythreshold.png", |
| 82 | + "urls": { |
| 83 | + "p5": "https://editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/9_CnA7lrl" |
| 84 | + } |
| 85 | + } |
| 86 | + ], |
| 87 | + "groupLinks": [ |
| 88 | + { |
| 89 | + "title": "References", |
| 90 | + "links": [ |
| 91 | + { |
| 92 | + "icon": "📖", |
| 93 | + "title": "p5.js 2.0: You Are Here & How to Contribute!", |
| 94 | + "url": "https://discourse.processing.org/t/dev-updates-p5-js-2-0-you-are-here-how-to-contribute/46130", |
| 95 | + "description": "p5.js Discourse thread on the 2.0 release." |
| 96 | + }, |
| 97 | + { |
| 98 | + "icon": "🔤", |
| 99 | + "title": "Google Fonts", |
| 100 | + "url": "https://fonts.google.com", |
| 101 | + "description": "Find and use web fonts in your p5.js sketches" |
| 102 | + }, |
| 103 | + { |
| 104 | + "icon": "🐞", |
| 105 | + "title": "Typography questions and possible bugs (Issue #8177)", |
| 106 | + "url": "https://github.com/processing/p5.js/issues/8177", |
| 107 | + "description": "Discussion about bugs and questions related to this video." |
| 108 | + }, |
| 109 | + { |
| 110 | + "icon": "🐞", |
| 111 | + "title": "Reference errors: textToContours() and textToModel() (Issue #8623)", |
| 112 | + "url": "https://github.com/processing/p5.js/issues/8623", |
| 113 | + "description": "Discussion about p5.js typography reference errors." |
| 114 | + }, |
| 115 | + { |
| 116 | + "icon": "📖", |
| 117 | + "title": "loadFont() Reference", |
| 118 | + "url": "https://beta.p5js.org/reference/p5/loadFont/", |
| 119 | + "description": "Documentation for loading fonts in p5.js 2.0" |
| 120 | + }, |
| 121 | + { |
| 122 | + "icon": "📖", |
| 123 | + "title": "textWeight() Reference", |
| 124 | + "url": "https://beta.p5js.org/reference/p5/textWeight", |
| 125 | + "description": "Documentation for the textWeight() function" |
| 126 | + }, |
| 127 | + { |
| 128 | + "icon": "📖", |
| 129 | + "title": "textContours() Reference", |
| 130 | + "url": "https://beta.p5js.org/reference/p5/textContours", |
| 131 | + "description": "Documentation for the textContours() function" |
| 132 | + }, |
| 133 | + { |
| 134 | + "icon": "📖", |
| 135 | + "title": "textModel() Reference", |
| 136 | + "url": "https://beta.p5js.org/reference/p5/textModel", |
| 137 | + "description": "Documentation for the textModel() function" |
| 138 | + } |
| 139 | + ] |
| 140 | + }, |
| 141 | + { |
| 142 | + "title": "Videos", |
| 143 | + "links": [ |
| 144 | + { |
| 145 | + "icon": "🎥", |
| 146 | + "title": "p5.js 2.0 with Kit Kuksenok", |
| 147 | + "url": "/tracks/livestreams/livestreams/p5js-2.0", |
| 148 | + "description": "Livestream featuring Kit Kuksenok demonstrating p5.js 2.0 typography features" |
| 149 | + }, |
| 150 | + { |
| 151 | + "icon": "🚂", |
| 152 | + "title": "p5.js 2.0: Async and Await", |
| 153 | + "url": "/tracks/p5js-2.0/p5js-2.0/async-await", |
| 154 | + "description": "Learn about async/await in p5.js 2.0" |
| 155 | + }, |
| 156 | + { |
| 157 | + "icon": "🚂", |
| 158 | + "title": "p5.js 2.0: Loading Data", |
| 159 | + "url": "/tracks/p5js-2.0/p5js-2.0/loading-data", |
| 160 | + "description": "Loading data and assets in p5.js 2.0" |
| 161 | + }, |
| 162 | + { |
| 163 | + "icon": "🚂", |
| 164 | + "title": "Translate, Rotate, Push/Pop", |
| 165 | + "url": "/tracks/transformations-in-p5/transformations/translate-rotate-push-pop", |
| 166 | + "description": "Learn about transformations in p5.js" |
| 167 | + }, |
| 168 | + { |
| 169 | + "icon": "🎯", |
| 170 | + "title": "Coding Challenge #59: Steering Behaviors", |
| 171 | + "url": "/challenges/59-steering-behaviors", |
| 172 | + "description": "Original steering behaviors challenge, updated for p5.js 2.0 in this video" |
| 173 | + } |
| 174 | + ] |
| 175 | + } |
| 176 | + ], |
| 177 | + "credits": [ |
| 178 | + { "title": "Editing", "name": "Mathieu Blanchette" }, |
| 179 | + { "title": "Animations", "name": "Jason Heglund" } |
| 180 | + ] |
| 181 | +} |
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