Make crossword puzzles in multiple languages and scripts.
Burmese/Myanmar Version supporting Unicode and Zawgyi fonts.
Nepali Version including Preeti font
var game = new Crossword(HTML5canvas, columns, rows);
game.clearCanvas(true);
var clue = 'What does a duck say?';
var answer = 'quack';
game.addWord(answer, function(error, clueAnchor, direction) {
// error is null or an error (answer is too small, too big, cannot be placed etc)
// clueAnchor is the number used by the system (for example "2" for "2 across")
// direction is "across" or "down"
});
// advanced language options
game.setNumberTransform(function (n) {
// convert integer marker to local language
return tamilNumbers(n);
});Using the crossword module requires node-canvas.
Installation pre-requisites:
npm install canvas crossword --savevar Canvas = require('canvas');
var Crossword = require('crossword');
var width = 20;
var height = 15;
var canv = new Canvas(40 * width, 40 * height);
var game = new Crossword(canv, width, height);
game.clearCanvas(true);
game.addWord(answer, function(err, clueAnchor, direction) {
// err = null
// clueAnchor = 2
// direction = 'down' or 'across'
});
// right-to-left scripts (Arabic, Hebrew, Divehi)
// in these cases down = top->down, across = right->left
game.setDirection('rtl');Make crosswords from a word list using command line.
Prerequisites: NodeJS and fonts which support your language (preferably Noto Sans Myanmar, Noto Sans Devanagari, and Noto Sans Tamil, included in the styles directory of this project)
npm install crossword -g
crosswordjs wordlist.txt output.png
# command-line setup
# 20 columns wide, 15 rows high
# Myanmar numerals (other numerals supported: ne Nepali / Devanagari, ta Tamil, ar Arabic (also changes direction))
xwordjs wordlist.txt output.png -w 20 -h 15 -l my- Rabbit-Node Unicode-Zawgyi converter
- Myanmar Numbers
- Preeti for Nepali typing
- jQuery
Open source, MIT license
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