The use of the grid reminds me of Qin 2006's "Real-time texture-mapped vector glyphs": http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1111433 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm

The use of the grid reminds me of Qin 2006's "Real-time texture-mapped vector glyphs": http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1111433 http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1111433 http://docdro.id/ynU32mg http://docdro.id/ynU32mg (Paper) http://docdro.id/t6XiE97 http://docdro.id/t6XiE97 (Slides)