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thanks @ConnorDav, the width and height of frames must be even numbers. I could happen if you scale up the resolution the width and height becomes odd numbers.

Could you post an simplified example causing this traceback?

enjoy!

Could you elaborate what is not working?

Tracking can be added to formattedString during init or as with the t.tracking(value) method.

Text_sample = "Test"

textBox(
    FormattedString(
        txt=Text_sample, 
        fontSize=50, 
        tracking=200, 
        font='Helvetica'
    ), 
    (10, 10, 400, 400)
)

textBox(
    FormattedString(
        txt='Test', 
        fontSize=50, 
        tracking=200, 
        font='Helvetica'
    ), 
    (10, 300, 400, 400)
)

thanks for sharing!

could you make an example script throwing this traceback?

is your drawbot up to date? (the module)

Bernd Volmer made this cool installation a few years back at Typo Berlin

1 inch is 72 points...

this should do it!

widthInInches = 3
heightInInches = 5

newPage(widthInInches * 72, heightInInches * 72)

looks already cool!

The big difference between yours and the example you refer to is that the letters wait until all the following shaded letters arrive to the left and the right.

FYI: kerning over several variable settings does not work in Illustrator

should be fixed now or at least its working for me...

cool!

still, I don't get what the kerning value would be?

Imagine an axis with a super black with almost no kerning and a tiny light with lots of kerning: the pair AV where A is somewhere in the super black part and V in the tiny light part. Optical kerning is not an option here