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Anagrams, but where you can break apart letters: "Anagraphs"

suckerpinch · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Recreational & visual mathLanguage & linguisticsCreative coding & generative art

What it is

Tom Scott-style exploration by suckerpinch (Tom7) of generalized anagrams where letters can be broken into pieces, called anagraphs, with a whimsical computational approach.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a typical example of Tom7's technically astounding and playful videos.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “All of his videos are technically astounding”

    Splits letters into pieces to build anagrams; Tom7 makes technically astounding videos.

    ryanfox, 2020-10 · Strong recommendation · in “When Fonts Fall”

  2. “Definitely give it a watch.”

    Breaks letters into atoms for freer anagrams, with whimsical style.

    _jholland, 2023-05 · Strong recommendation · in “I found the best anagram in English (2017)”

  3. “His video on anagraphs is interesting”

    Interesting video on anagraphs, best paired with the kerning follow-up.

    xmprt, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: anagrams, tom7, letterforms, recreational computing, wordplay

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