Best Font Engine:
Jeff Newbern
28 Jeanette Ave. #1
Belmont, MA 02478
Judges' Comments:
To build:
make newbern
Try:
./newbern newbern.dat "IOCCC 2004"
echo SOS | ./newbern
The program is formatted using the same font glyphs as the example
data file.
Selected Author's Comments:
This is a configurable banner-like program.
Examples:
- To convert a character glyph into a data file
./newbern char < some_nicely_shaped_text >> data_file
- 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.