[HN Gopher] AutoGraff: Computational understanding of graffiti w...
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       AutoGraff: Computational understanding of graffiti writing and
       related art forms [pdf]
        
       Author : winkywooster
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2022-11-25 18:49 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | contingencies wrote:
       | What a fascinating subject. Ideas for further work: (1)
       | Calligraphic analysis. This could be used, for example, to assist
       | with digitizing (antique and foreign) handwriting. (2) Further
       | investigation of applications to Chinese calligraphy. I did not
       | see a pressure characteristic discussed (only apparently implied
       | from speed and proximity to stroke termination), probably because
       | graffiti is often applied via spray. (I guess spray angle and
       | distance from the target surface would function as similar
       | variables to brush pressure. Whereas, the holistic kinematics
       | specifically including pressure are considered within classical
       | Chinese calligraphic appreciation to be of very high importance.)
       | The Chinese example on page 273 looks really odd. (3) Examples in
       | foreign scripts, such as Brahmic. (4) Generative derivatives of
       | ancient scripts as art, such as Ancient Egyptian heirograff:
       | probably good album cover art for _Ali & Fila_.
        
       | gillesjacobs wrote:
       | Highly interesting and exactly the sort a thing a doctorate is
       | meant to study. Would love to see some data-driven generator
       | approaches, surely a GAN or a diffusion model can do wonders
       | here.
        
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