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by monokai_nl 5y ago
A tool to automatically resize pictures in the media library to the grid layout you define in your Wordpress theme: https://responsive.pics/
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Thanks for your support :)
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Yes, correct. And this method only works because the background is the same color as the overlaid blocks and the font is monospace, so you can precisely position the blocks over the characters.
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
So just this once I'm going to direct you to Reddit. They've tried to dissect it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/b0wcrm/how_is_this_...
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
I took inspiration from ANSI art for my own domain. It also uses a scroll effect based on the 4 block characters: https://monokai.nl
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
8 years ago I implemented something like this for your tweets at https://thatcan.be/my/next/tweet/ It still causes a spike of traffic every now and then from Twitter.
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Working on an automatic logo maker that creates company logos for any business: https://mybrandnewlogo.com It's targeted to startups, freelancers and side-hustlers that need something nice that's quick and affordable.
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Those gradients are nice, I like that they are more complex than linear gradients. If you’re looking for something simpler though, I also took a stab at CSS gradients here: https://mybrandnewlogo.com/color-gradient-generator
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Show HN: A new tool that algorithmically generates CSS color palettes(mybrandnewlogo.com)
1 points by monokai_nl 6y ago|0 comments
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Glad you found it helpful. Enough ideas on the roadmap!
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
I've recently created a free tool to create good-looking CSS color gradients that might fit your audience: https://mybrandnewlogo.com/color-gradient-generator
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Which black bar do you mean exactly? I decided to let go of the full orange bar and give the text an orange color instead. I think it looks more balanced.
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
I didn't touch the typography indeed, but I also didn't just invert the colors. What would you suggest to do with the typography to make it better?
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Contrast ratios that are mathematically derived are not always nice or correct. It's notoriously hard to determine perceived brightness from hex codes. That said, it might need some tweaking. I only spent a little time on it and I know
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
Yeah, Monokai started as a color scheme for Textmate which I just made for myself somewhere in 2006. I named it after my company name and put it on the Textmate wiki. It took off after that. I'll gladly accept a humble place in the HN
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by monokai_nl 6y ago
I took a shot at it: https://monokai.nl/lab/hacker-news/hn-dark1.png https://monokai.nl/lab/hacker-news/hn-dark2.png https://monokai.nl/lab/hacker-news/hn-dark3
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Working on https://mybrandnewlogo.com — an automatic logo generator. Going great at the moment, and lots of areas to grow. Keeps it interesting from a design & development perspective as well.
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Colors are hard. Mixing colors is harder. Yesterday I launched a new tool [1] to automatically create pleasing gradients aimed at web devs. It uses ideas similar to the ones described in the article. But the hard part with dark-to-light col
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Show HN: A simple way to generate beautiful CSS color gradients(mybrandnewlogo.com)
1 points by monokai_nl 7y ago|0 comments
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Cheating, hacking, solving puzzles. What's the difference :) But yeah, it's not exactly 9 pixels.
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Did you know it was used on one of the album covers for Joy Division?
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Thanks! It uses PixiJS for rendering, the rest is custom JS.
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Author here. This started as one of our monthly days of experimenting at our design agency https://booreiland.amsterdam — The concept of those days is to create something (anything) in 8 hours. The prototype of this was done in
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Minimal Wim – an experiment in minimal typography(raffinaderij.booreiland.amsterdam)
1 points by monokai_nl 7y ago|0 comments
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
That's correct. Startups, freelancers, side-hustlers. In short, people that just want a nice logo, but don't have the budget and / or time to work with a professional design agency. Regarding mathematics and aesthetics: whene
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
When you start customizing, you can change the size of the individual logo parts, like the name and icon. And in the end it's a vector file that stays sharp, so you can scale it up a billion times if you want to plot it on a billboard
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
AI and logo design is hard. I'm running https://mybrandnewlogo.com and it's basically a bunch of if / else statements and a lot of custom algorithms to generate the right proportions of layout elements and color s
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by monokai_nl 7y ago
Years ago I used Twitter streams as input for markov chain text generation. It’s interesting to recognize your own writing style in what is essentially gibberish: http://yes.thatcan.be/my/next/tweet
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by monokai_nl 8y ago
I'm running https://mybrandnewlogo.com — an automatic, online logo generator. I'm also running https://monokai.pro — a professional color scheme for coders. I've done both on the side of co-running a d
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by monokai_nl 8y ago
I like the idea of symmetry of Solarized. I know how much work goes into creating a balanced color scheme. One thing that’s super hard is to match the same perceived level of brightness across different hues, while also being aesthetically

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