Twiglets

#########  Twiglets
#########  ========
   ##    
   ##      It's a bit like Figlets, but uses ordinary
   ##      Amiga fonts, pixilates them into ascii and
   ##      prints them vertically downwards, like the
   ##      example on the left, which is the 10pt
   ##      "Ultraline" font.
   ##    
           I was trying out some code for another
##  ## ##  project, and accidentally wrote this.
##  ## ##
##  ## ##  Usage
##  ## ##  =====
##  ## ##
##     ##  Template:
##     ##  FONT/A,SIZE/A,PIXCHAR/K,NOCHAR/K,TEXT/F/A
#########
#########  FONT = font name, with the ".font" extension
         
    ##     SIZE = point size of the font
    ##   
    ##     PIXCHAR = the character to use to plot a
    ##             pixel in ascii (default = *)
    ##   
    ##     NOCHAR = the character to use to plot a
    ##            "non-pixel" in ascii (default space)
#########
#########  TEXT = the text to render
         
#########  Examples
#########  ========
##       
##     ##  twiglets topaz.font 8 Chris
##     ##
##     ##  writes "Chris" in 8 character high Topaz text.
##     ##  
#########
#########  twiglets helvetica.font 20 PIXCHAR=":" Hello
         
##         writes "Hello" in 20 character high Helvetica,
##         using colons on a plain background.
##       
##         Tips
##         ====
##       
##         Although Twiglets will happily use any font
#########  supported by the font libraries on your system,
#########  due to the nature of the program it is
           better to use bitmapped fonts.
#########
#########  Future
           ======
         
#########  There are unlikely to be any further releases,
#########  however if you find any bugs - especially in
           regards to non-ASCII characters in other
#########  character sets - please let me know.  If you
#########  would like the source code, ask me and maybe
           you will get it.
#########
#########  Contact
   ##      =======
   ##    
   ##      Chris Young <chris()unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk>
   ##      http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk
   ##    
   ##      DISCLAIMER
   ##      ==========
         
#########  This software is provided "as-is" and without
#########  warranty of any kind.  Although it shouldn't 
##         cause damage to either yourself or your system,
##     ##  all use is at your own risk, and I will not accept
##     ##  liability for anything resulting from direct or
##     ##  indirect use of this software.
       ##
#########  This archive is signed, please use my public key to
#########  verify integrity of the archive.
         
History
=======

1.2 (24.01.2006) - Fixed a bug that caused some chars not to display properly
1.1 (17.01.2006) - First release


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