loadSnippet("#92")()

fontWidth=width
fontHeight=height
fontPixels=pixels

-- size of chars
cw, ch = 16, 16

-- original text
otext = {"!\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@",
  "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`",
  "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~  "
}

function render(text)
  newtext = text or "Hello world!"

  width=cw*#newtext
  height=ch
  pixels={}
  
  for i=1, #newtext do
    j = nil
    for line=1, #otext do
      local c = newtext:sub(i, i)
      j = otext[line]:find(c, 1, true)
      --print("line="..tostring(line)..", c="..c..", j="..tostring(j))
      if j then l = line; break end
    end
    if j then
      --print("j="..tostring(j)..", l="..tostring(l))
      for y = 0, ch-1 do
        for x = 0, cw-1 do
          assert(j, "j") assert(l, "l") assert(fontWidth, "fontWidth")
          local from = (j-1)*cw+x+((l-1)*ch+y)*fontWidth+1
          local to = (i-1)*cw+x+y*width+1
          pixels[to] = fontPixels[from]
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

\n\nBegan life as a copy of #93