From 7bd41df3e99356f5cafe1eadcb3d4d7cd4026cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien WITTOUCK <julien@codeka.io>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:44:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 🔨 : add big-text generation script

---
 big-text/Cargo.lock | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 big-text/Cargo.toml | 7 +++++++
 big-text/src/main.rs | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 file(s) changed, 115 insertion(s)(+), 0 deletion(s)(-)

diff --git a/big-text/Cargo.lock b/big-text/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/big-text/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 4
+
+[[package]]
+name = "big-text"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "font8x8",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "font8x8"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "875488b8711a968268c7cf5d139578713097ca4635a76044e8fe8eedf831d07e"
diff --git a/big-text/Cargo.toml b/big-text/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/big-text/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "big-text"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+font8x8 = "0.3"
diff --git a/big-text/src/main.rs b/big-text/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/big-text/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use font8x8::UnicodeFonts;
+use std::env;
+
+const SEXANT_SYMBOLS: [char; 64] = [
+    ' ', '🬀', '🬁', '🬂', '🬃', '🬄', '🬅', '🬆', '🬇', '🬈', '🬉', '🬊', '🬋', '🬌', '🬍', '🬎',
+    '🬏', '🬐', '🬑', '🬒', '🬓', '▌', '🬔', '🬕', '🬖', '🬗', '🬘', '🬙', '🬚', '🬛', '🬜', '🬝',
+    '🬞', '🬟', '🬠', '🬡', '🬢', '🬣', '🬤', '🬥', '🬦', '🬧', '▐', '🬨', '🬩', '🬪', '🬫', '🬬',
+    '🬭', '🬮', '🬯', '🬰', '🬱', '🬲', '🬳', '🬴', '🬵', '🬶', '🬷', '🬸', '🬹', '🬺', '🬻', '█',
+];
+
+const QUADRANT_SYMBOLS: [char; 16] = [
+    ' ', '▘', '▝', '▀', '▖', '▌', '▞', '▛', '▗', '▚', '▐', '▜', '▄', '▙', '▟', '█',
+];
+
+fn get_sextant(tl: u8, tr: u8, ml: u8, mr: u8, bl: u8, br: u8) -> char {
+    let idx = (if tl > 0 { 1 } else { 0 })
+        + (if tr > 0 { 2 } else { 0 })
+        + (if ml > 0 { 4 } else { 0 })
+        + (if mr > 0 { 8 } else { 0 })
+        + (if bl > 0 { 16 } else { 0 })
+        + (if br > 0 { 32 } else { 0 });
+    SEXANT_SYMBOLS[idx]
+}
+
+fn get_quadrant(tl: u8, tr: u8, bl: u8, br: u8) -> char {
+    let idx = (if tl > 0 { 1 } else { 0 })
+        + (if tr > 0 { 2 } else { 0 })
+        + (if bl > 0 { 4 } else { 0 })
+        + (if br > 0 { 8 } else { 0 });
+    QUADRANT_SYMBOLS[idx]
+}
+
+fn render_text(text: &str, use_quadrant: bool) -> String {
+    let glyphs: Vec<[u8; 8]> = text
+        .chars()
+        .map(|c| {
+            font8x8::BASIC_FONTS
+                .get(c)
+                .or_else(|| font8x8::LATIN_FONTS.get(c))
+                .unwrap_or([0u8; 8])
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut out = String::new();
+
+    if use_quadrant {
+        for y in (0..8).step_by(2) {
+            for glyph in &glyphs {
+                for x in (0..8).step_by(2) {
+                    let tl = glyph[y] & (1 << x);
+                    let tr = glyph[y] & (1 << (x + 1));
+                    let bl = if y + 1 < 8 { glyph[y + 1] & (1 << x) } else { 0 };
+                    let br = if y + 1 < 8 { glyph[y + 1] & (1 << (x + 1)) } else { 0 };
+                    out.push(get_quadrant(tl, tr, bl, br));
+                }
+            }
+            out.push('\n');
+        }
+    } else {
+        for y in (0..8).step_by(3) {
+            for glyph in &glyphs {
+                for x in (0..8).step_by(2) {
+                    let tl = glyph[y] & (1 << x);
+                    let tr = glyph[y] & (1 << (x + 1));
+                    let ml = if y + 1 < 8 { glyph[y + 1] & (1 << x) } else { 0 };
+                    let mr = if y + 1 < 8 { glyph[y + 1] & (1 << (x + 1)) } else { 0 };
+                    let bl = if y + 2 < 8 { glyph[y + 2] & (1 << x) } else { 0 };
+                    let br = if y + 2 < 8 { glyph[y + 2] & (1 << (x + 1)) } else { 0 };
+                    out.push(get_sextant(tl, tr, ml, mr, bl, br));
+                }
+            }
+            out.push('\n');
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
+    if args.len() < 2 {
+        eprintln!("Usage: {} [-q] <text>", args[0]);
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    let mut text_start = 1;
+    let mut use_quadrant = false;
+    if args[1] == "-q" {
+        use_quadrant = true;
+        text_start = 2;
+    }
+    let text = &args[text_start..].join(" ");
+    print!("{}", render_text(text, use_quadrant));
+}

--
tangled.sh