Juan F. Meleiro

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Esta é uma exploração do conceito de Grito Escrito, ou, ainda, da Tipografia do Grito. É uma obra magnifica provocação que leva à pergunta: “tipograficamente, qual a maneira correta de se gritar em texto?”

Existem muitas possíveis respostas para essa pergunta. Entre elas, “a pergunta não faz sentido, pois não há maneira correta”, ou “qual é o seu problema?”, ou ainda “a terceira” — embora essa última só faça sentido para gritos mais expressivos do que dois caractéres.

É uma pergunta relevante, na medida em que você se preocupe com tipografia (o que provavelmente não é verdade, mas eu sim me preocupo, muito obrigado), e na medida em que gritar é uma ação muitas vezes necessária na Internet.

“Mas eu posso gravar um audio no WhatsApp gritando”, me respondem. Sim, pode. Mas em honra à tradição escrita da comunicação humana, a questão da Tipografia do Grito é um problema que deve ser discutido. Numa época em que audios, InstaStories e afins estão destruíndo a nossa capacidade comunicativa, acredito numa retomada da tradição dos grandes tipógrafos — na forma de gritos.

Gritos 1

A primeira iteração da ideia é um “projeto” antigo meu, escrito em Racket, usando a biblioteca Pict (que fique registrado que eu não sei programar em Racket).


Primeiro algumas definições inclusas a título de esclarecimento.

(define textColor (list 0 0 0))
(define rectangleColor (list 220 220 220))
(define backgroundColor (list 200 200 200))

Este é o código que gera, efetivamente, os gritos. A primeira função repete um caractere, e a segunda gera o i-ésimo grito dos gritos de (arbitrariamente decididos) cinco caracteres.

(define repeat
  (lambda (n s)
    (if (= 0 n) ""
        (string-append s
                       (repeat (- n 1) s)))))
(define makeAH
  (lambda (i)
    (colorize (text (string-append (repeat i "A")
                                   (repeat (- 5 i) "H"))
                    (cons 'bold 'modern)
                    25)
              textColor)))

E finalmente, a imagem final é definida; com direito a bordas cinzas e deprimentes.

(define final
  (cc-superimpose (colorize (filled-rectangle 500 500)
                            backgroundColor)
                  (cc-superimpose (colorize (filled-rectangle 100 125)
                                            rectangleColor)
                                  (apply vc-append (map makeAH (list 1 2 3 4))))))

Note como a presença de números mágicos no código o torna feio. Porque merda tem uma (list 1 2 3 4) que poderia ser facilmente abstraída? De qualquer forma, não modifiquei o código por seu valor histórico pessoal; e como um testemunho à minha antiga incompetência.

A final, existe código (omitido) para gerar um .png.

O resultado foi esse:

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Gritos 2

Mais recentemente decidi refazer esse projeto. Contando com a mesma incapacidade mais experiência e conhecimento de programação, imaginei que seria capaz de programá-lo melhor e mais elegante.

Continua ruim.


Este é o código que gera as linhas de texto

screams :: Int -> [String]
screams n = map (scream n) [1..(n-1)]

scream :: Int -> Int -> String
scream n m = replicate m 'A' ++ replicate (n-m) 'H'

O resto do programa serve para transformar as linhas de texto em código de SVG, e para lidar com opções de linha de comando (n e o tamanho da fonte). Por algum senso de vergonha, não vou reproduzí-lo aqui. Mas o resultado para n = 80 é

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