bitmapfont.py

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# 	bitmapfont.py		      	#
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# Display C-style bitmap fonts in text	#
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import re
 
def main():
    inputline = raw_input("Enter the bytes: ")
    print_width = 5
    
    #Match consective hexdecimal digits and return a list
    bytelist = re.findall('[0-9a-f]{2}', inputline.lower())
    
    #convert bytes from hex to binary
    hex_scale = 16
    num_bits = 8
    bytelist = [bin(int(byte, hex_scale))[2:].zfill(num_bits) for byte in bytelist]
    byte_len = len(bytelist)/print_width

    for y in range(0,8):
        printline = ''
        for bit in bytelist:
            if int(bit[y]) == 1:
                printline += '#'
            else:
                printline += ' '
        print(printline)
    
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()