very well done, never knew i needed this. thanks for sharing!
Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser
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Re: Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser
#12Never thought about it, but it looks very useful.
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#13I got tired of graph-paper sites that print at the wrong scale, hide the PDF behind a signup, or slap a watermark on it. So I built one that's free, has no login, and prints true-to-scale. The interesting part for me was the architecture: a single pure function buildPaper(config) emits geometric primitives (lines / circles / text), and everything is derived from it - the on-screen SVG preview, the in-browser PDF, and…
Well done! Nice design, good utility, and you kept it simple. Thanks for the writeup on the technical approach.
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#14Any chance that a pentagon pattern could be added?
You can't tile regular pentagons. How will you specify the space be filled?
There's other pentagon tiling though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagonal_tiling
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#15Bug in the "Draw on Graph Paper"/virtual graph paper? Change the grid to hexagon and make sure "snap to grid" is checked. Still snaps to the original square grid.
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#16I got tired of graph-paper sites that print at the wrong scale, hide the PDF behind a signup, or slap a watermark on it. So I built one that's free, has no login, and prints true-to-scale. The interesting part for me was the architecture: a single pure function buildPaper(config) emits geometric primitives (lines / circles / text), and everything is derived from it - the on-screen SVG preview, the in-browser PDF, and…
This is incredible, thanks for building this!
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#17I love this. Any chance of having this be a downloadable application somehow?
Re: Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser
#18I have used this a lot. A very valuable resource.
Re: Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser
#19I got tired of graph-paper sites that print at the wrong scale, hide the PDF behind a signup, or slap a watermark on it. So I built one that's free, has no login, and prints true-to-scale. The interesting part for me was the architecture: a single pure function buildPaper(config) emits geometric primitives (lines / circles / text), and everything is derived from it - the on-screen SVG preview, the in-browser PDF, and…
Nice work! I’ve built something… similar: https://github.com/alexadam/printable-mockups & https://www.printablemockups.com It’s free, open source, no backend needed and you can use it in the browser. I plan to add more widgets and support full page templates, like yours.
Re: Show HN: A graph paper generator that renders vector PDFs in the browser
#20Nice. I remember writing a PostScript graph paper generator when we got our first LaserWriters back in 1985.