February 22, 2004 (174 Words)
Now that I have a suitable XML file I have to think about what software to use it in. My main skill is Flash Actionscript, but I was worried about speed and difficulty with input devices. I began to look at Proce55ing which is a java-based platform with a simplified language. This doesn't parse XML, but can load it as a text file to be parsed using String/Array expressions. So I worked on this for a while, but struggled with the Vertex method it uses for my outline beziers. These are some of my tests...
These images show incorrect plotting problems, refreshing problems and errors in overlapping points. It all got a bit frustrating, but it was inspiring to see the mess I could make. Maybe I could use this as a feature for font development. Overall, I hit a brick wall with Proce55ing and decided I couldn't continue very far in this environment.
I decided to give plotting a go in Actionscript (Macromedia Flash's coding language) which I am much more familiar with.