Jun 24, 2024 07:00:00

'Tetris Font' that draws letters by stacking Tetris tetriminos

' Tetris Font ' is a web app that uses only Tetris pieces (tetriminos) to represent the alphabet and numbers. It was developed by

Eric Domain , a professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tetris Font
https://erikdemaine.org/fonts/tetris/

Click the link above to access Tetris Font, and Tetriminos will rain down from the top of the screen and the word 'TEXT' will be drawn. Tetris Font allows you to draw alphabets and numbers using all seven types of Tetriminos one by one. Another feature is that Tetriminos rotate along one axis according to the rules of Tetris.

'Tetris Font' that expresses letters with tetriminos - YouTube


You can change the characters to be drawn by entering text in the input field at the top left of the screen. However, even if you enter lowercase letters, the alphabet will be drawn in uppercase. For example, if you enter 'gigazine', it will be drawn as 'GIGAZINE'.

When all 26 letters of the alphabet are drawn, it looks like this.

The numbers are as follows.

By clicking 'Download Animated GIF' at the bottom of the screen, you can download a GIF animation that records 'how the tetriminos stack up to form letters.'

Click on the image below to see an animation of the Tetriminos stacking to form '1234567890'.

The source code for Tetris Font is available at the following link:

GitHub - edemaine/font-tetris: Tetris Font
https://github.com/edemaine/font-tetris