News Generator

A news generator created with Processing

What does it do?

Generates fake news headlines based on a database of given words and outputs it as a typical news poster

Edit the word database in the folder data/words:
In data/words, every type of word (adverbial, object, subject, transverb) has one text file, with one word each line
% is a line break within a phrase
Define the structure of sentences in data/template.txt:
e.g. will be replaced with a word from subject.txt
define rules according to the syntax that rita provides (see link below)
add new types of words in data/template.txt and provide a new text file in data/words
Edit the backgrounds
Put svg files into folder data/backgrounds
Download the font used http://www.dafont.com/ktf-roadbrush.font or use your own
Compile in Processing
Interact
Press SPACE to generate a new text
Press 'S' to save PDF
Press 'P' to print directly from Processing sketch
Add new words or change structure while running the sketch, as it will be reloaded every time (was necessary for live performance)

Andreas Koller

Jaap de Maat