Expanding on IDC1

1

Update issues encountered during IDC 1

- Bluetooth
- Loading more fonts
- Get it working on Mac
2

Add More Features

- 4-5 buttons for saving fonts (depending on size)
- Big knob for rotating through fonts
- Smaller knob for changing size of text on screen
- Another knob? (or something else) to act as filters (serif, sans serif, script, etc…)
- Switch for light mode and dark mode
3

Better Design/Concept

- Thinking of making the enclosure look like a typewriter
- Saving buttons as the “keys”
- Think it could be cool to make actual keys that “type” when you press the save button
- The carriage? (part that holds paper) moves left to right as you rotate font knob
4

Optional (if I am able to get everything else to work/have time)

- If a user tries to save a font like Comic Sans (or other notoriously bad fonts), when they press the save button and the key types, it gets stuck like a real typewriter. And if you press the other buttons all the keys will get stuck. Not sure how this would work tbh
Inspo

**IN PROGRESS** CAD model as of 4/9/2026
Everything forward of the knobs is basically finished with a few small tweaks
Now designing carriage, working on mounting sensors, and figuring out wiring

1st test print of linkage/key section. didn’t work 🙁

broken

2nd test print

2nd test print

in action