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<blockquote data-quote="BlivetWidget" data-source="post: 7630978" data-attributes="member: 6912801"><p>Thanks! It's not entirely out of the question, but it would require a different approach to what I'm doing now to be any kind of sensible for that number of spells. I automated the generation of linear spellscript (which is all I generally use), but I currently use PowerPoint with shapes and textboxes to get the 2D forms. Most automated ways of working with text don't support working with text boxes, unfortunately. I could potentially teach myself some pyautogui to get it done. But I think the most familiar approach would just be to use Pillow, though I would likely need to do a bit of fiddling to figure out exactly where all the rotated text bits go to line them up with the hexagram. Certainly doable in a day if I put my mind to it, I think.</p><p></p><p>But I'm not sure there would really be much demand for this level of intricacy. I think most people are less interested in a treatise on "fantasy chemistry" (currently I have about 25 pages of theory and diagrams to explain the system, though it could perhaps be distilled down to maybe 5 essential charts) and they would prefer to simply be told that a handful of completely random glyphs represent incredible arcane powers beyond their understanding.</p><p></p><p>In other words, I think most people are more interested in the "art" of playing wizard than the "science" of thinking like one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlivetWidget, post: 7630978, member: 6912801"] Thanks! It's not entirely out of the question, but it would require a different approach to what I'm doing now to be any kind of sensible for that number of spells. I automated the generation of linear spellscript (which is all I generally use), but I currently use PowerPoint with shapes and textboxes to get the 2D forms. Most automated ways of working with text don't support working with text boxes, unfortunately. I could potentially teach myself some pyautogui to get it done. But I think the most familiar approach would just be to use Pillow, though I would likely need to do a bit of fiddling to figure out exactly where all the rotated text bits go to line them up with the hexagram. Certainly doable in a day if I put my mind to it, I think. But I'm not sure there would really be much demand for this level of intricacy. I think most people are less interested in a treatise on "fantasy chemistry" (currently I have about 25 pages of theory and diagrams to explain the system, though it could perhaps be distilled down to maybe 5 essential charts) and they would prefer to simply be told that a handful of completely random glyphs represent incredible arcane powers beyond their understanding. In other words, I think most people are more interested in the "art" of playing wizard than the "science" of thinking like one. [/QUOTE]
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