zlacker

Like you, I'd love to pass a simple minimalist string to a Javascript code to render images client-side. My more recent "Create-a-Lace" does just that, dynamically generating all the .svg images using client-side Javascript. However, I've yet to see browsers correctly render shadows, without which the diagrams lose depth. When that hurdle is overcome, I may well extend this concept to all lacing methods.

In the meantime, I do indeed need to resort to some 600+ individual .png images in order to render each of the 50+ lacing methods with their many variations and multiple numbers of eyelet pairs.

>>profsh+(OP)
this is great, yeah i investigated the create a lace after i wrote the comment, generalising that effort would seem to save you some server resources!

honestly, i think you should consider working on some indirect educational material

it seems your shoelace site encourages appreciation for mathematical abstractions in both those that study them and those unaware

you've created one of those rare works wherein anyone who encounters it speaks highly of it

great work on the site!