txt2blink -- Ticker style Blinkenlight movies
This program takes one line of text and creates an animation in the
Blinkenlights movie format. The text can be shown in 1, 2, or 3 lines with
matching font size.
Usage: txt2blink.py [ -1 | -2 | -3 ] Text > out.bml
Font installation
This script has no special font handling; the font names are hard coded.
If a font cannot be found, a system default is used, which will work but
look different. The defaults are 'Arial' for normal sizes and 'Fixed' for
the smallest size.
If you use fontconfig, it may be that bitmap fonts are not considered at
all, so check its configuration. If bitmap fonts are not globally installed
look for a file 4x6.pcf.gz and copy it to ~/.fonts/ .