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ShapeWordle: Tailoring Wordles using Shape-aware Archimedean Spirals.

ShapeWordle: Tailoring Wordles using Shape-aware Archimedean Spirals.

Authors :
Wang Y
Chu X
Zhang K
Bao C
Li X
Zhang J
Fu CW
Hurter C
Deussen O
Lee B
Source :
IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics [IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph] 2020 Jan; Vol. 26 (1), pp. 991-1000. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 20.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We present a new technique to enable the creation of shape-bounded Wordles, we call ShapeWordle, in which we fit words to form a given shape. To guide word placement within a shape, we extend the traditional Archimedean spirals to be shape-aware by formulating the spirals in a differential form using the distance field of the shape. To handle non-convex shapes, we introduce a multi-centric Wordle layout method that segments the shape into parts for our shape-aware spirals to adaptively fill the space and generate word placements. In addition, we offer a set of editing interactions to facilitate the creation of semantically-meaningful Wordles. Lastly, we present three evaluations: a comprehensive comparison of our results against the state-of-the-art technique (WordArt), case studies with 14 users, and a gallery to showcase the coverage of our technique.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1941-0506
Volume :
26
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31443014
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2019.2934783