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After maybe six months of VS Code in vim mode I'm back to Vim. There were a couple of (mostly understandable) rough edges in the vim mode plugin that bugged me. Feels like I'm back on solid ground now, even if I miss some of the autocomplete features.


Background colors.


HCL hue rotation as calendar

From: https://observablehq.com/@grantcuster/hcl-hue-rotation-as-calendar


More layout map and hover effect refinement.


This seems like something. Network diagram based on the box layout.


Hmmm, I've got an idea.


I feel like this layout was very close to working but I just couldn't crack it. Going to pare it back.


Making connections.


Taking some procedural steps with dots and grouping into rows.


Nothing like prototyping with the actual content for keeping you honest.

Inspiration

Microsoft Creative Writer interface. Never used this, but it is evidently a precursor to Microsoft Bob which I used and remain fascinated by.

From: https://twitter.com/Toadsanime/status/1099453806574821376


Filling in the grid.


A grid emerges.


FF11 prototype early days.


More programmatic font-sizing experiments: Line-height baseline tweening test.

From: https://observablehq.com/@grantcuster/line-height-baseline-tweening-test


Starting the next one.


Logo explorations.

Inspiration

ORCA and PILOT by Devine Lu Linvega.

From: https://twitter.com/neauoire/status/1114770190552653824


An experiment in using Inter's variable font weight to match the stroke weight across different sizes of text.

From: https://observablehq.com/@grantcuster/inter-variable-for-monoline-at-all-sizes


Experiments.