Declarations-prototyping

21st of January 2025

Pen plotting part 2

• Plotting but with modern software:
• Graphic design metaphors: the brush, eraser. Metaphors within the program. How can contemporary design software export svg to hpgl
• In inkscape: Path ->save as, drawing one hpgl
• 1016x1016 (resolution)

14th of January 2025

PostScript

Claudio's drawing explaining how postscript works from top to bottom

• Taking on a media archaeology approach: dissecting different languages from different times.
• Every time we print something, we are dealing with this history everyday.
• Business entangled with printing practices.
• 'font fixing magicians'
• 300dpi - the pixels started to be recognised with the naked eye. We started to notice the mistakes in font printing.
• hand tuning bitmap pixels/ bitmapped terminals

During this session, I discovered the power of tilde within the terminal, and I love it!

7th January 2025

Pen plotting!

• https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Pen_plotters
• https://www.isoplotec.co.jp/HPGL/eHPGL.htm
• Archaeological approach to the pen plotter - working hands on - to have a look at all the commands, how they operate.
• In the sense of working from the ‘artefact’ and discover how it worked and how it was.