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      The Immortal Shakspeare: Transcribing a micro-calligraphic drawing

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      Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2022 (EVA 2022)
      Conference theme: Use of new and emerging technologies in Digital Art, Data, Scientific and Creative Visualisation, Digitally Enhanced Reality and Everyware, 2D and 3D Imaging, Display and Printing, Mobile Applications, Museums and Collections, Music, Performing arts, and Technologies, Open Source and Technologies, Preservation of Digital Visual Culture, Virtual Cultural Heritage, Ethical Issues, Historical Issues, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs
      Conference date: 4–8 July 2022
      Keywords: Shakespeare, Micro-calligraphy, Lithograph, Transcription, Image processing, Viewing software
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            Abstract

            A poster-sized drawing from the 19th Century portrays Shakespeare’s monument in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. The linework is composed of tiny lettering, less than 1 mm in height, running in a continuous path throughout the design. Direct transcription of the text proved to be difficult. The print was digitised at 1200 dpi and image processing techniques were tried to follow the text lines and recognise the characters, but they were ineffective because of the irregularity of the writing. A software viewer was developed to facilitate navigation of the text on screen, with functions for enlargement, translation and rotation, and for constructing and editing a trajectory line following the path of the text. The text was fully transcribed and three sources were identified from the 1840s.

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            Lindsay W. MacDonald
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            Publication date: July 2022
            Publication date (Print): July 2022
            Pages: 55-62
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            [0001]Faculty of Engineering Science

            University College London, UK
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            DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2022.13
            SO-VID: 68eeb341-916a-4150-b23a-13ab6fc94aec
            Copyright © © MacDonald. Published by BCS Learning & Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2022, UK
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            Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2022
            Conference acronym: EVA 2022
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            Conference location: London
            Conference date: 4–8 July 2022
            Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
            Conference theme: Use of new and emerging technologies in Digital Art, Data, Scientific and Creative Visualisation, Digitally Enhanced Reality and Everyware, 2D and 3D Imaging, Display and Printing, Mobile Applications, Museums and Collections, Music, Performing arts, and Technologies, Open Source and Technologies, Preservation of Digital Visual Culture, Virtual Cultural Heritage, Ethical Issues, Historical Issues, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs
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            1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

            Self URI (article page): https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/EVA2022.13
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            Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing

            ScienceOpen disciplines: Applied computer science,Computer science,Security & Cryptology,Graphics & Multimedia design,General computer science,Human-computer-interaction
            Keywords: Micro-calligraphy,Viewing software,Image processing,Transcription,Lithograph,Shakespeare

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