Basil.js

Have you ever wanted to…

• export 10,000 mass-customized copies of your InDesign document?
• use spatial-tiling algorithms to create your layouts?
• pass real-time data from any source directly into your InDesign project?
• create color palettes based on algorithms?
• or simply reconsider what print can be?

basil.js is…

• making scripting in InDesign available to designers and artists.
• in the spirit of Processing and easy to learn.
• based on JavaScript and extends the existing API of InDesign.
• a project by The Basel School of Design in Switzerland.
• has been released as open source in February 2013!

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