Alternative Layout System

92 smartmic 11 6/26/2025, 7:31:29 PM alternativelayoutsystem.com ↗

Comments (11)

eddythompson80 · 1h ago
Ok, I want the "Hyphenator" layout, but with more than just one word. I want the extra text to wrap around while the font keeps getting smaller to mimic how I used to take hand notes in college and need to shove in some stuff with no space left in the line.
demetrius · 1h ago
I think "Same Sizer" looks ugly because characters are stretched mechanically, so each line has different width. Ideally, the lines should all keep their widths, and the position should be stretched.

I think a better application of "all words have the same size" principle can be seen in Vietnamese calligraphy, which sometimes combines Latin characters with Chinese-adjacent writing style, e.g. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C4%90%E1%BB%91i_-... (this is written in Latin script split into equal squares)

RattlesnakeJake · 2h ago
This is horrendous. I love it.
Gualdrapo · 2h ago
Their "imager" tool is really cool, though:

https://alternativelayoutsystem.com/imager/

gtr32x · 2h ago
Author made frequent reference to Hebrew text, is there a particular reason historical Hebrew texts uses these methods?
elchananHaas · 52m ago
Yes. A combination of being hand copied and the text having no punctuation.
Fellshard · 5m ago
Could it also be an artifact of using scrolls, and needing to sharply delimit 'pages' of text?
echelon · 34m ago
These are so creative!

I love "Same Sizer" for titles and design, and I don't think I'd hate "Fill the Space" in body text if glyphs (such as the key) were used.

mbaytas · 1h ago
immediately ordered the book

fascinating checkout flow

vsviridov · 2h ago
Thanks, I hate it. /s

Reminds me of the Dotsies system for fast reading, only this makes reading slow...

alberth · 21m ago