One-Letters Cheatsheet

Here are some common one-letter abbreviations you’ll find throughout idiomatic Coldtype code.

  • e usually refers to “easing”, as in the f.e function (frame.easing)
  • f usually refers, when used as a variable, to the Frame object that is passed to an @animation renderable.
  • .f refers, when used as a function, to fill, as in the fill color of a path
  • .s refers, when used as a function, to stroke, and .sw refers to stroke width
  • r usually refers, when used as a variable, to the Rect object that is passed to a @renderable renderable.
  • f.a.r is a common shorthand for frame.animation.rect, i.e. the rectangle frame of an @animation renderable.