Kit Kuksenok on p5.js 2.0
In 2025, both Processing and p5.js made major leaps forward in the development. I had the great opportunity to speak to Kit Kuksenok, the project lead of the p5.js project, about the incredible achievements of them and their team with the upcoming version 2.0 of p5.js. The Javascript-based Creative Coding ecosystem now supports variable fonts and has been generally optimized for the work with vector graphics and typography. That’s such a good signal to the whole Graphic Design community and will probably make p5.js much more attractive to designers in general. My opinion: p5.js is emerging into a fully featured SDK for complex design tools.
Please also note the footnotes, most of them shared by Kit, there’s also a lot of good stuff to explore.
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