BUILD 23/30: Word Counting Calendar: Alpha Release!

⊕ show captionAbout the Title Picture: Making that last column of PROGRESS counts took longer than I thought due to calculation rounding bugs, but it works now!

Hooray! I have finally gotten all the major elements of the programmatically-generated Counting Calendar put together!

My code can now do the following:

• draws the title
• generates and draws the end of week counts

⊕ show captionExample PDF for December 2025. I think all the counts are correct.

Other improvements under the hood are:

• generate counts for any arbitrary target number
• parameterized color palettes
• centralized rendering constants

Preview Versions

There are a few more things I'd like to do, but I could release this calendar this week. Here's what's left:

• TODO: calculate block labels based on target number
• TODO: calculate SPECIAL text
• TODO: review typography
• TODO: substitute SVGText for embedded fonts
• TODO: look into alternate color palette management
• TODO: refresh color palettes for better color fidelity

BUILD CHALLENGE COMMENTARY

Until today I couldn't predict when I'd be done with this project, but I can see the finish line!!!

It's tempting to spend some time to refactor the entire codebase, but I think I'll save that for the future. I have the minimum viable product within my grasp, and the next phase will be to use the new digital counting calendars to update my Patreon Perks for subscribers. It will be a hundred times easier to created customized versions on demand, which is super exciting!