This applet is supposed to represent a noise filter of sorts for text. Here I have created my own vector font and endeavor to make it noisy.
The "noise" in this filter is mainly the insertion of larger and larger gaps
between the letters. This takes advantage of the text-wrapping qualities of the
canvas and makes phrases fairly difficult to distinguish even if the font remains
constant.
To spice things up a bit, the text also loses some parts as part of the noise. At
0.5 and above, lines and arcs disappear. At less than 0.5, serifs disappear.
To nicely illustrate the noise filter, I've animated the text to go back and
forth from no noise (0.0) to whatever noise factor the user enters.
My favorite factor is 0.3. It is a hybrid of letter-part loss.
