Thing-a-Day 2011 #5 - Graffiti Markup Language (GML) to Unicorn!

This post used to be on Posterous. I rescued my posts before Posterous shut down and am now sharing them here.

When I first heard of Graffiti Markup Language (GML) I was like "An XML format for graffiti? Pfft!" Then yesterday I was like "Wait, I have a pen plotter."

gml2unicorn is a Python script that will take GML files and convert them into G-Code compatible with the MakerBot Unicorn pen plotter.

Letters 'GML' drawn graffiti-style on a sticky note inside the Cupcake CNC. Simulated photo of the same 'GML' graffiti rendered on the side of a box truck.
Learn more on Thingiverse, or grab the code on GitHub.
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