Best Font Engine
Jeff Newbern
US
To build:
make
To run:
./newbern [file.dat arg]
Try:
./newbern newbern.dat "IOCCC 2004"
echo SOS | ./newbern
Judges' remarks:
The program is formatted using the same font glyphs as the example data file.
Author's remarks:
This is a configurable banner-like program.
Examples:
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To convert a character glyph into a data file:
./newbern char < some_nicely_shaped_text >> data_file
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To print a string using glyphs from a data file:
./newbern data_file a_string
Extra functionality
The program can also act as a Morse encoder, unarguably.
It also has double-super-secret encryption capabilities. Decryption is left as an exercise for the reader.
Portability
The program assumes an ASCII operating environment.
The program is best viewed with tab-stops set to 8.
Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
This file is Copyright (c) 2023 by Landon Curt Noll. All Rights Reserved. You are free to share and adapt this file under the terms of this license:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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