User:Kiara/PTMoMNbM

Projects That May or May Not be Made

Typotek

What is it?

A locally-running font-library, to display all the fonts I have installed on my computer so I can easily visualize them and choose from my collection when I need to.
[edit on 21-05-2025] This will be done on my new Linux laptop, as it will be able to run apache (serve PHP) and the font managing might be way easier. The question is: should I publish it online so I can access it from anywhere? Probably yes, at least until I figure out how to dual boot my main laptop.

Why make it?

Because windows is shit and doesn't provide a good way to sort and visualize installed fonts.
I still haven't found an external app that suits my needs.

Workflow

⚹ Install the new fonts I collected

⚹ Make sure every font has a stylesheet and web formats

> For this, use transfonter

⚹ Start a web project, probably based on Julien Bidoret's repository

> This step needs a deep dive into PHP and why it is not working anymore

⚹ Make sure that the project is hosted on codeberg for archive and versioning!

Timetable

Clean up and font installation	~ 1 full day	TBD
Verify and update stylesheets and web formats	~ 3 days	TBD
Fix PHP	half a day to a day	TBD
Fill the website with font-files and adapt categories	~ 2 days	TBD
Bug fixing	~ 1 day	TBD

Previous Practice

web desiiiiiiiiiign <3

⚹ Smol contribution to Raphaël Bastide's Use&Modify (using ProcessWire)

⚹ Trials to actually make this have been running for a year(?) now...

> I lost my database, remember?

No support for iframe

Relations to Wider Contexts

If there is no tool, make it! → Strong ties to the F/LOSS way of thinking

Choices Made

⚹ Filters

> font family (serif, sans, mono, etc.)
> variable
> complete charset / missing diacritics
> made by wxmen
> license model
>

⚹ Info displayed

> Name of the font
> Foundry
> F/LOSS or paid license
> Designer(s) + wxmen/queer indication
> Text input to test the font on different chunks of text
>

Rapid Prototypes

Write one sentence instruction for a work.
Make it.

Screenshot of what the first draft looked like (2023)
Another screenshot from before I lost the database (2024)

Dual booting

What is it?

Installing Linux on a laptop alongside Windows

Why make it?

Windows sucks but I still need it for some graphic design works

Workflow

⚹ Set a date for the install party
⚹ Open registrations
⚹ Make a wiki page for documentation (this is a good inspiration)
⚹ Find a good (online) guide
⚹ Make a back-up of the laptop's content
⚹ Do the workshop
⚹ Document the workshop
⚹ Enjoy the newly installed Linux!

Timetable

Making the wiki page	~ 15mn	TBD
Finding a guide to dual-booting	a day or more?	TBD
Making a back-up of the laptop's content	1 day	TBD
Workshop duration	1 day	TBD
Documenting the steps on the wiki	~ 1 day	TBD

Previous Practice

⚹ Messing around in the terminal in Prototyping classes
⚹ Installing WSL on my laptop
⚹ Attending the JdLL in 2023

Relations to Wider Contexts

See my research topics leads here

Choices Made

⚹ Which Linux distribution?

⚹ Date of the workshop

> Is it better to wait for Windows to drop Windows 10 (october 2025) or does the date not really matter?

⚹ Deciding on which guide to use
⚹ Inviting an install-party expert?

Rapid Prototypes

This will not be prototyped, here will be some pictures from the workshop instead.

Bachelor thesis website

What is it?

A website to display my first bachelor's thesis, in French and English.

Why make it?

Now it is only available as a very complex to make printed object, I want to have it easily readable and PDF sucks. HTML is always the best solution.

Workflow

It is in progress at the moment, so here are the remaining steps to follow

⚹ Finish importing the content in the website (HTML)

⚹ Resolve the display conflict

> masonry has not been implemented in the CSS specs yet, and it actually is what I need :(

⚹ Make it responsive

⚹ [optional] Add a CSS-print option?

⚹ Translate it

⚹ Publish it online and link it on my website

> This needs a big dive into URL manipulation, and probably will have to wait until I change my hosting provider

Timetable

Finish importing the content in the website	~ 1-2 days	TBD
Resolve the display conflict	several days	TBD
Make it responsive	~ 1-2 days?	TBD
Translate it	~ 1 week	TBD
Publish it online and link it on my website	~ 1 week (includes host change)	TBD
Add a CSS-print option?	couple of weeks?	TBD

Previous Practice

⚹ Writing the thesis (2021)
⚹ Webdesign
⚹ CSS-print
⚹ Learning new web standards everyday

Relations to Wider Contexts

⚹ Thesis writing, which I will be doing again soon!
⚹ Research
⚹ Graphic design x Web design x Print ..... when they merge .....
⚹ Publishing
⚹ Letting go of the impostor syndrome

Choices Made

Choices in design related to the content and the print version

> Colors, fonts, display/layout

Rapid Prototypes

⚹ Try different displays until finding the right one (has to be responsive)

> Grid
> Flex
> Table
> Hack???

⚹ Translate a section everyday for a week

Expanding my wiki

What is it?

A very precise expansion of the wiki content through documentation, writing, detailing

Why make it?

⚹ To get more familiar with un-self-censored writing
⚹ To get the habit of documenting
⚹ To keep a schedule in a way

Workflow

⚹ Write
⚹ Write
⚹ Write
⚹ Edit

Timetable

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Previous Practice

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Relations to Wider Contexts

⚹ Thesis writing
⚹ Research
⚹ Publishing
⚹ Letting go of the impostor syndrome

Choices Made

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Rapid Prototypes

⚹ Write notes where ever and transpose them in the wiki
⚹ Watch a movie actively: take notes, link references
⚹ Read a text/book actively: take notes, link references
⚹ Listen to a talk/podcast/... actively: take notes, link references

Team PTMoMNbM

from the 07-05-2025 Methods class (https://pad.xpub.nl/p/070525_Methods)

✦ teaming up with Claudio & Eleni (https://pad.xpub.nl/p/eleni-kiara-claudio-pmomm) we went on with our Schiedam adventure ✦