things fall apart

//for the #wccChallenge on the theme of 'typewriter art'

//I suppose this typewriter would have to have font sizes, but... I think it's in the spirit of the prompt anyways.

//Relatively minimalist code, but I like the effect and don't feel the need to overcomplicate it.

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//text is the first stanza of William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming":

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// Turning and turning in the widening gyre   

// The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

// Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

// Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

// The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   

// The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

// The best lack all conviction, while the worst   

// Are full of passionate intensity.

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//Defintely not a comment on the feeling of current events

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let poem=['T', 'u','r','n','i','n','g','space','a','n','d','space' ,'t','u','r','n','i','n','g', 'space','i','n','space' ,'t','h','e','space' ,'w','i','d','e','n','i','n','g', 'space','g','y','r','e', 'T','h','e','space', 'f','a','l','c','o','n', 'space','c','a','n','n','o','t', 'space','h','e','a','r','space' ,'t','h','e', 'space','f','a','l','c','o','n','e','r', 'space','T','h','i','n','g','s','space' ,'f','a','l','l', 'space','a','p','a','r','t', 'space','t','h','e','space' ,'c','e','n','t','r','e', 'space','c','a','n','n','o','t', 'space','h','o','l','d','space','M','e','r','e', 'space','a','n','a','r','c','h','y', 'space','i','s','space' ,'l','o','o','s','e','d','space' ,'u','p','o','n','space' ,'t','h','e','space' ,'w','o','r','l','d', 'space','T','h','e', 'space','b','l','o','o','d','d','i','m','m','e','d','space' ,'t','i','d','e','space' ,'i','s', 'space','l','o','o','s','e','d','space' ,'a','n','d','space' ,'e','v','e','r','y','w','h','e','r','e','space' ,'T','h','e','space' ,'c','e','r','e','m','o','n','y', 'space','o','f', 'space','i','n','n','o','c','e','n','c','e', 'space','i','s','space' ,'d','r','o','w','n','e','d','space' ,'T','h','e', 'space','b','e','s','t', 'space','l','a','c','k', 'space','a','l','l', 'space','c','o','n','v','i','c','t','i','o','n','space' ,'w','h','i','l','e','space' ,'t','h','e','space' ,'w','o','r','s','t','space' ,'A','r','e','space' ,'f','u','l','l', 'space','o','f', 'space','p','a','s','s','i','o','n','a','t','e', 'space','i','n','t','e','n','s','i','t','y', 'space', 'space']

let thefont

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function preload(){

thefont=  loadFont('CourierPrime-Bold.ttf')

}

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function setup() {

  let m = min(windowWidth, windowHeight)

  createCanvas(m , m);

  textFont(thefont)

}

function draw(){

background("#FBF6EE");

let alphabetP=0 

let fspeed= frameCount/20

let flaming

let spacing= width/40

let hSpacing= width/80

let bigT= width/18

let littleT= width/36

for(let y=10; y<height-10; y+=12){

  flaming= map(y, height, 0, 0.2, 0.8)

for(let x=10; x<width-10; x+=6){

  let na= noise(x/50, y/100+fspeed, fspeed) 

    if(na<flaming){

      textSize(na*littleT)

    } else{

      textSize(na*bigT)

    }

    let letter= poem[alphabetP%poem.length]

    if(letter!='space'){

      text(letter, x, y)

    }

    alphabetP++

  }

}

}

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