rough VS muxup-site

The docs don't agree with you - https://github.com/rough-stuff/rough/wiki#seed - if you use a fixed non-zero value it should be the same every time.

It's implemented as a web app and outputs an SVG file - which can then be converted to a bitmap image or PDF. Currently using Rough.js for the sketchy drawing style, but I'm interested to explore other styles and techniques, so eager to hear of any suggestions or ideas. I'll try to post an interactive demo once it's in a state that's worth sharing.

RoughJS: https://roughjs.com/

First time trying to use a JavaScript library...I want to use this library - rough.js - in a project and I'm having some trouble getting started. Here is my code right now:

I posted this a year and a half ago but got no response. Trying again now as RoughJS is currently trending, and there might be some interest. Would love to know what people think of hand-drawn style timelines.

Credit to Preet Shihn (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shihn) for creating the RoughJS library (https://roughjs.com) that enabled us to achieve the "hand-drawn" look for the timelines.

On https://muxup.com/ you should see pastel-coloured randomly drawn 'roguh' highlights for the site title and for the titles of individual articles. If you mouse over, they'll be redrawn while your mouse is hovering. If you're on mobile, you won't see that, and that's fine. It worked just fine on Android (FF or Chrome) and iPhone last time I checked, but do let me know if you're not seeing that.

It's really very simple, just thought the distillation of the 'rough' drawing technique to a couple of dozen lines of code for this use case might be of interest to some.

I can recommend writing a short script to test redirects and cache control are configured as expected for your site - here's mine (health warning: shell script) https://github.com/muxup/muxup-site/blob/main/utils/server_t...

I link to something I've written in a conversation if it's relevant (like this - my blog is https://muxup.com/), and post articles to HN, lobste.rs, or an appropriate subreddit if no-one else does and I think it's relevant to people there.

I've also found that a custom-written generator is surprisingly productive. My own attempt is at https://github.com/muxup/muxup-site/blob/main/build.py and I wrote up a few notes on it here https://muxup.com/2022q3/muxup-implementation-notes#site-gen....

See my implementation notes post for more technical detail (which also links to the site source).