Hello all,
I wanted to create some strips for my 1977 NSM Prestige E-160 Jukebox so I did a search. I was a bit shocked and dismayed at what I found -- sites with generators that feel like they were written in the 90s and paid software.
I am a software engineer by trade (and CTO by day) so I budgeted 2hrs to write a strip generator that could:
a) read a text file
b) allow me to pick the colors of my strips
c) give me the choice of quoted or unquoted titles
d) allow me square block artist sections or blocks with chevrons
e) that would make something either original looking or nice (or ideally...both)
I took a quick look around and found that TEMPO or AMERICAN TYPEWRITER were the typical fonts for my machine. Both of those were paid products so (being I am being ridiculously cheap on this effort) I opted for 'nice'. I went with 'Caveat', an open source Google font that looks like nice writing. The code I wrote also has both 'EB Garamond' and 'Roboto'. Both of these are nice and looked 'good enough'.
To make a long story short, I took my 2 hour time block and wrote a strip generator, which I am contributing to the community. I have attached it here as 'stripper.html.txt'. KLOV won't allow me to attach an HTML file (good for them!!!) so just remove the TXT extension and open in in your browser (sorry....only tested on Safari on Mac).
When it opens it will give you a little diatribe on how to use it, and why it exists. It also tells you how to create the TAB delimited CSV file (I was lazy and didn't want to deal with commas in strings, so comma delimited won't work). You can pick your colors, choose quotes or no quotes, use a chevron artist block and of course, generate title strips. I tested it with a file of 1000 entries and it works no problem. (unofficially, did that x10 and it still worked
)
My goal was to put it into a single file that didn't reply on anything external (except for the Google fonts). It does not need a server -- simply open it as a file in your browser. When it prints, it will only print the strips, not the other stuff.
It is set up to have 'the other stuff' expanded into various selections, font pickers, etc.... in other words kewl features. I hope someone takes that up.
It is completely encapsulated in one file so it can be distributed. Please do... I am holding no claim on it other than to say don't claim it for yourself unless you add some significant value (I won't react, but I may call you out on your b*llsh*t).
It has a selection of colors but they can be easily tweaked to be darker (I think I might for mine) or changed to add custom colors. The CSS is pretty clear.... go wild.
The artist styles are 'default' (square) and 'chevron' because those are the only two I like, but the CSS is pretty simple and the code will accommodate you writing some of your own awesome styles (ie: holiday or artist themes).
If you decide to change the font feel free to do so, but be forewarned that you may need to adjust some sizes in the CSS. Note that I did most/all of the sizing in MM (millimetres) so you could use callipers to measure things in the real world and adjust accordingly.
If any text is too long, the CSS will truncate it and add an ellipsis (...) to the end.
In summary, I deliberate wrote this so it could be shared, modified, and most importantly expanded and customized (background images, patterns, etc). So please do.
I have attached a couple of images, one being what the strips look like in the browser (Mac, Safari) and in my jukebox. I'll likely darken the colors, but I think it's a good v1.
NOTE -- this is posted without warranty, guarantee, or support. I may improve upon it and I will try some different fonts. If you find this useful... yay. If not, I got some strips out of it so I did.
Enjoy
I wanted to create some strips for my 1977 NSM Prestige E-160 Jukebox so I did a search. I was a bit shocked and dismayed at what I found -- sites with generators that feel like they were written in the 90s and paid software.
I am a software engineer by trade (and CTO by day) so I budgeted 2hrs to write a strip generator that could:
a) read a text file
b) allow me to pick the colors of my strips
c) give me the choice of quoted or unquoted titles
d) allow me square block artist sections or blocks with chevrons
e) that would make something either original looking or nice (or ideally...both)
I took a quick look around and found that TEMPO or AMERICAN TYPEWRITER were the typical fonts for my machine. Both of those were paid products so (being I am being ridiculously cheap on this effort) I opted for 'nice'. I went with 'Caveat', an open source Google font that looks like nice writing. The code I wrote also has both 'EB Garamond' and 'Roboto'. Both of these are nice and looked 'good enough'.
To make a long story short, I took my 2 hour time block and wrote a strip generator, which I am contributing to the community. I have attached it here as 'stripper.html.txt'. KLOV won't allow me to attach an HTML file (good for them!!!) so just remove the TXT extension and open in in your browser (sorry....only tested on Safari on Mac).
When it opens it will give you a little diatribe on how to use it, and why it exists. It also tells you how to create the TAB delimited CSV file (I was lazy and didn't want to deal with commas in strings, so comma delimited won't work). You can pick your colors, choose quotes or no quotes, use a chevron artist block and of course, generate title strips. I tested it with a file of 1000 entries and it works no problem. (unofficially, did that x10 and it still worked
My goal was to put it into a single file that didn't reply on anything external (except for the Google fonts). It does not need a server -- simply open it as a file in your browser. When it prints, it will only print the strips, not the other stuff.
It is set up to have 'the other stuff' expanded into various selections, font pickers, etc.... in other words kewl features. I hope someone takes that up.
It is completely encapsulated in one file so it can be distributed. Please do... I am holding no claim on it other than to say don't claim it for yourself unless you add some significant value (I won't react, but I may call you out on your b*llsh*t).
It has a selection of colors but they can be easily tweaked to be darker (I think I might for mine) or changed to add custom colors. The CSS is pretty clear.... go wild.
The artist styles are 'default' (square) and 'chevron' because those are the only two I like, but the CSS is pretty simple and the code will accommodate you writing some of your own awesome styles (ie: holiday or artist themes).
If you decide to change the font feel free to do so, but be forewarned that you may need to adjust some sizes in the CSS. Note that I did most/all of the sizing in MM (millimetres) so you could use callipers to measure things in the real world and adjust accordingly.
If any text is too long, the CSS will truncate it and add an ellipsis (...) to the end.
In summary, I deliberate wrote this so it could be shared, modified, and most importantly expanded and customized (background images, patterns, etc). So please do.
I have attached a couple of images, one being what the strips look like in the browser (Mac, Safari) and in my jukebox. I'll likely darken the colors, but I think it's a good v1.
NOTE -- this is posted without warranty, guarantee, or support. I may improve upon it and I will try some different fonts. If you find this useful... yay. If not, I got some strips out of it so I did.
Enjoy


