What is IL-VERSE?

IL-VERSE is an experimental visual poetry and typography editor that lets you place letters on a canvas with collision detection. Letters are "dropped" in a chosen direction until they hit other letters or the canvas edge.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

• ←/→/↑/↓ - Move grid cursor
• Shift + ←/→/↑/↓ - Set drop direction

Placing Glyphs

• Enter - Drop glyph
• Space - Drop space glyph (TYPING MODE) or select space (DROP MODE)
• Left Click - Drop glyph at set direction
• Right Click - Place glyph exactly at cursor (with no collision)
• Backspace - Delete glyph highlighted in red
• Any character - Select glyph (DROP MODE) or drop (TYPING MODE MODE)

View Controls

• Cmd/Ctrl + S - Toggle grid snap
• Cmd/Ctrl + G - Toggle grid visibility
• Cmd/Ctrl + I - Toggle invisible mode
• Cmd/Ctrl + H - Toggle bounding boxes (DROP MODE)

Glyph Transform

• Cmd/Ctrl + R - Rotate next drop
• Cmd/Ctrl + F - Flip next drop
• Cmd/Ctrl + M - Mirror next drop

Grid Size

• Alt + ←/→ - Decrease/increase grid cell size in horizontal axis
• Alt + ↑/↓ - Decrease/increase grid cell size in vertical axis

Font Size

• Cmd/Ctrl + - - Decrease font size
• Cmd/Ctrl + = or + - Increase font size

Modes

• Cmd/Ctrl + A - Toggle auto-drop mode

History

• Cmd/Ctrl + Z - Undo
• Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z - Redo