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No.277 · Type & Names

Constellation Name

A name drawn as stars: its letter pixels are sampled into a field of twinkling points joined by hairlines, and the pointer pulls them like gravity.

The prompt

Written for the variant you picked above: Ice

Draw the name in offscreen 2D canvas (italic Instrument Serif, fitted to 86% of the width), read back its alpha, and sample a grid of opaque pixels; shuffle and keep ~260 points as stars, each with a home position, a random start offset, a phase and a radius. Each frame every star is spring-pulled home (k=0.03, damping 0.86) and attracted to the pointer within 120px; draw hairline links between stars closer than w/16 with alpha falling off with distance, then draw stars twinkling on sin(t/700+phase). Cap DPR at 2, rebuild on resize, pause when offscreen. Reduced motion draws the settled constellation once. Selected variant — Ice: color="#cfe0ff" (ice-blue stars and links) on #05070d; text "Hamza".

Notes

Interaction
Move the pointer or drag a finger across the name: nearby stars are pulled toward it, then spring back.
Motion
rAF loop with spring physics and per-star twinkle; paused offscreen.
Accessibility
The canvas region has role=img with the name as its label; reduced motion renders one static frame.
Responsive
Rebuilds on container resize; star density adapts to the area.

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