#!/usr/bin/python3 from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw import os import subprocess import shutil import sys directory = "output" text = sys.argv[1] outfile = sys.argv[2] fnt = ImageFont.truetype('Beeb/Beeb.ttf', 8) (pixels, height) = fnt.getsize(text) # Lead-in plus lead-out frames = pixels + 8 + 8 image = Image.new('L', (frames, 8), 0) draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image) draw.text((8, 0), text, 255, fnt) os.mkdir(directory) for frame in range(0,frames): img = image.crop((frame, 0, frame+8, 8)) img.save("%s/%04d.png" % (directory, frame)) subprocess.call(["convert", "%s/*.png" % directory, outfile]) shutil.rmtree(directory)