Print ttf fonts using braille / plottille canvas. `pip install plotille freetype-py` get font from https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu+Mono . Inspired by https://mrandri19.github.io/2019/07/18/modern-text-rendering-linux-ep1.html

braille-font.py

import math
import sys

import freetype
import plotille


def chunks(l, n):
    n = max(1, n)
    return (l[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(l), n))


def init_face():
    face = freetype.Face('./Ubuntu_Mono/UbuntuMono-Regular.ttf')
    face.set_char_size(64*64)
    return face


def char_buffer(face, char):
    face.load_char(char)
    return list(chunks(face.glyph.bitmap.buffer, face.glyph.bitmap.width))


def print_buffers_canvas(buffers):
    assert len(buffers) > 0
    height = max(len(b) for b in buffers)
    width = sum(len(b[0]) for b in buffers) + len(buffers) // 2
    canvas = plotille.Canvas(math.ceil(width / 2), math.ceil(height / 8), xmax=width, ymax=height)
    for row_idx in range(height):
        col_idx = 0
        for bm in buffers:
            diff = height - len(bm)
            curr_idx = row_idx - diff
            if curr_idx < 0:
                col_idx += len(bm[0])
            else:
                row = bm[curr_idx]
                for val in row:
                    if val > 0:
                        canvas.point(col_idx, height - row_idx)
                    col_idx += 1
            col_idx += 1
    print(canvas.plot())


face = init_face()

for val in sys.argv[1:]:
    print_buffers_canvas([char_buffer(face, c) for c in val])

see https://gist.github.com/mrandri19/245237a6bde246f119ab2b6245e540ba