dotSCAD/docs/lib2x-px_ascii.md

px_ascii

Generate 8x8 pixel points of printable ASCII characters (codes 32dec to 126dec). You can use these points to build pixel-style models.

Since: 2.1

Parameters

• char : A printable ASCII character.
• center: . If true, object is centered in X- and Y-axis. Otherwise, the object is placed in the positive quadrant. Defaults to false.
• invert: Inverts points of the character. Default to false.

Examples

use <pixel/px_ascii.scad>;

for(i = [0:94]) {
    translate([8 * (i % 10), -8 * floor(i / 10), 0]) 
        for(p = px_ascii(chr(i + 32))) {
            translate(p) 
                linear_extrude(1, scale = 0.8) 
                    square(1);
        }
}       

use <pixel/px_ascii.scad>;

t = "dotSCAD";
 
for(i = [0:len(t) - 1]) {
    translate([i * 8, 0]) 
        for(pt = px_ascii(t[i], invert = true)) {
            translate(pt)
                sphere(0.5, $fn = 24);
        }
}