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pixel-canary — 05 / 05

Pixel Post

A poster shop with two plates, three inks and no patience for bad leading. Set your line; the shop measures it with real text metrics, fits it to the measure, and pulls it twice. Then move the second plate out of register until the overprint starts to hum.

type0 px
pulls3
measure0%

Type a line and press Return. Everything else is already set.

The Case

Fitting is honest: the shop measures the line with measureText and binary-searches the largest size that still fits the measure, so a long phrase never overruns the sheet. Pulls are impressions of the same plate with a hair of bite wander, which is what gives the edge its texture. Return sets the line, R shakes the case, S saves the poster, 1–4 switch layout.