Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: bdfparse
Version: 2019.5.2
Summary: A package for reading .bdf files into NumPy arrays.
Home-page: https://gitlab.com/MisterBiggs/bdf-to-numpy
Author: Anson Biggs
Author-email: anson@ansonbiggs.com
License: UNKNOWN
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown

# .bdf to NumPy

This project takes a .bdf file and turns it into a [NumPy](https://www.numpy.org/) Array with an intended use with LED matrix displays. My [LED Stock Ticker](https://gitlab.com/them-boys/raspberry-pi-stock-ticker) uses this package. A good list of .bdf files can be found [here](https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix/tree/master/fonts)

## Usage

```python
from bdfparse import Font

font = Font('9x18.bdf')

print(font.word('Hi'))
```

Which outputs:

```python
[[0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]]
```

Or you can use matplotlib to make the output a bit prettier.

```python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

plt.imshow(font.word('Anson'))
```

![Example of code output that reads Anson.](example.png)


