Frieze Designing Challenge

**ss-kalm** · 04 April 2020, 01:22 PM

I'm with Rik on this ... I can't see (read that as understand) how to do anything with them. Obviously I'm missing something!

**handrawn** · 04 April 2020, 01:31 PM

unless you do a website or a print document I see no merit in these whatsoever - and even then they are just glorified bullet points - and this is what xara expects [?] us to upgrade for...

**Acorn** · 04 April 2020, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

unless you do a website or a print document I see no merit in these whatsoever - and even then they are just glorified bullet points - and this is what xara expects [?] us to upgrade for...

handrawn, this is why I raised the Challenge: to raise Xara's game and make others aware of the poor provision Xara is offering.

I would be hard pressed to use this Timeline construct as "gloried bullets points".
Again, my Challenge emphasis was on a frieze as that is about all I can make with Timeline 01.

I want others to discover their own uses for the SmartShape, perhaps in part to redeem Xara for creating a pointless artefact.
Xara is acting like the Roman emperor throwing bread to the masses during the games at the Coliseum; pretty stale bread though.

Acorn

**handrawn** · 04 April 2020, 02:44 PM

I admire your intent...

thing is though, to twist aesop in a different direction, xara can only cry wolf for so long before people realise there is really nothing, well lets say not much, there

**Jonopen** · 04 April 2020, 04:55 PM

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**Rik** · 04 April 2020, 05:53 PM

OK.

I think I've got the hang of, most of this.

Though, I think Jono has done something pretty good.
Better than mine!

EDIT: Well, I managed to do something similar to Jono. But, it might not have been in the same manner!

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**Acorn** · 04 April 2020, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Rik

OK.

I think I've got the hang of, most of this.

Though, I think Jono has done something pretty good.
Better than mine!

EDIT: Well, I managed to do something similar to Jono. But, it might not have been in the same manner!

Well done Rik, you're now cooking.

My riff on yours is a lift of part of the screenshot you took:

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Acorn

**Acorn** · 04 April 2020, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jonopen

Spot on Jonopen.

I riffed you design a little:

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Can you see the cheat I used to make the bottom row?

Acorn

**Jonopen** · 05 April 2020, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Acorn

Spot on Jonopen.

I riffed you design a little:

Can you see the cheat I used to make the bottom row?

Acorn

No!

I'm flummoxed how you did that! Have you inserted a Font Awesome symbol as text into each blob?

Here's another idea from me.

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**Acorn** · 05 April 2020, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Jonopen

No!

I'm flummoxed how you did that! Have you inserted a Font Awesome symbol as text into each blob?

Here's another idea from me.

Jonopen, I'm glad you're flummoxed at the moment.

Before I disclose how I used the Font Awesome Male, the Hint is it was not added as a text glyph.

Your frieze is pretty awesome.
Being a purist, I deconstructed it and felt I had to align levels, close gaps and remove the slanted artefacts.
I hope you don't mind.

Frieze2 (Reworked).xar