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Yes! This really feels next-gen. After all, you're not actually interested in editing the 2D image, that's just an array of pixels, you want to edit what it represents. And this approach allows exactly that. Will be very interesting to see where this leads!

That's a very good range within Europe. For America it's too short, as the USA is about 5000 km coast to coast.

Fun! I would recommend relating characters based on their function, pronunciation, origin rather than their place in the alphabet. For example B has more in common with P than with C. Similar for D and T, G/K, I/J/Y.