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piltest.py

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+#Created by Justin Healy
+#Based on logic from jsheperd from https://stackoverflow.com/a/27753869/190597
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import string
+from PIL import Image
+from PIL import ImageFont
+from PIL import ImageDraw
+import numpy as np
+
+def char_to_pixels(text, path, fontsize):
+   
+    font = ImageFont.truetype(path, fontsize) 
+    w, h = font.getsize(text)  
+    image = Image.new('L', (w, h), 1)  
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+    draw.text((0, 0), text, font=font) 
+    arr = np.asarray(image)
+    arr = np.where(arr, 0, 1)
+    arr = arr[(arr != 0).any(axis=1)]
+    return arr
+
+def display(arr):
+    result = np.where(arr, '#', ' ')
+    #print("This gives an Array of Arrays, where reach contained Array is a row")
+    #print(result)
+    #print()
+    print('\n'.join([''.join(row) for row in result]))
+
+#I have used static coding successfully, now to set this as more reusable declarations rather than hard coding.
+#Single Source to change for everything
+#Read from file?    
+fileName = "/home/pi/Documents/pilReadTest"
+pullFile =  open(fileName,"r")  
+someString = pullFile.read()
+#Font Path?
+fontPath = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf"
+#font Size?
+fontSize = 12
+#print("This was what was found in the File: "+str(someString))
+#print()
+#print("Now putting each letter of the found string through the PIL Image Module")
+#print()
+for c in someString:
+    arr = char_to_pixels(c,fontPath,fontSize)
+    #print()
+    #This is the grid size results (w,h)
+    #print(arr.shape)
+    #print()
+    #print("This is the converted values of the AofAs, for each ROW in Result, the end product")
+    display(arr)
+    print()