Talk: New program (or next Figlet version 3.0)

Denis Moskowitz  <den...@muddcs.cs.hmc.edu> wrote:
>
>In article <32f15d$7a...@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> wrote:
>>Raymond Lai <c91...@peach.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:
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>>   That's one effect I don't think could be Figletized.  I think somebody 
>>would have to write a standalone program just to do that one effect.  I'd 
>>like to see that.  Is anybody willing to write it?
>
>Well, not just that one effect.  A program could probably be made that would
>take any "background" text and apply a simple blocky design to it, as a mask.
>so:
>
>1234        ###           123
>3456  plus  #  #  equals  3  6
>5678        #  #          5  8
>7890        ###           789
>
>to take a useless example.  Then you take a screen-wide gradient like the
>one used above, apply a blocky font to it (which could be figlet) and tada!
>If I was going to write it (which I probably won't get around to) I'd use
>Perl, but I'm just a Perl junkie.  Anyone with more time up for it?


   How about if the next version of Figlet could accept Figlet fonts AND 
Figlet patterns.

   This way if a pattern (.flp) were specified (figlet -f roman -p fade), 
you would get the shape of roman, but with a fade effect.

   And while we're at it, how about being able to specify a backgroud 
(.flb) for the letters (figlet -f roman -p fade -b dots).

   How about it Glenn, Ian?  What do you think?  This kind of thing would 
allow for a lot of variations by mixing font shapes, patterns, and 
backgrounds.

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