Hi all!
I am working on a typography project. My idea is this:
1/ The screen starts blank.
2/ The user will generate pulsing particles by dragging the mouse.
3/ When the user presses a letter key, for e.g. A, the particles will start forming the A on the screen. If the user presses delete, the particles will be chaotic and random again. If the users presses another key, the particles will start forming that letter. And so on.
4/ A button that will export a jpeg of the screen.
I have finished the first two task. Now I am stuck since I don't know how to realize step 3, and 4. I am not a programer so I have some difficulty translating my thought into codes. If you have any ideas on how to do this, please tell me. I will very appreciate your help.
Here is the link to my work done so far:
http://hybrid.concordia.ca/~du_ph/particle/
Thank you all in advance !

the link isn't working...I would really like to see this!

I just saw some work on Lee Byron's site that your post made me recall, check it: http://leebyron.com/what/bubbletype/