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-###>>>KWD Space Engineers Pixel Display, Space Engineers Font, Monospaced
-###>>>DSC A Pixel precise Display for Space Engineers including a custom monospaced Font.
-# Monospaced Font and Pixel Display for Space Engineers 
-<p class="text-secondary">September 23, 2016</p>
-<figure class="text-center">
-![](/images/Space-Engineers/Space-Engineers-Pixel-Display.png){.img-fluid .rounded alt="Closeup of standard Space Engineers LCD Panel, showing pink letters. Single Pixels can be determined." title="Pink is the color of passion"}
-<figcaption class="text-secondary">
-Standard LCD Panel displaying monospaced text.
-</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-## Pixel Precise Font
-
-For everyone suffering from the lack of monospaced fonts and pixel-based
-displays in Space Engineers here I share my simple, yet effective solution:
-A simple helper class in C#, which I wrote yesterday night to solve this 
-particular problem. As a bonus this also enabled using the LCD Screens 
-for arbitrary pixel-precise output, even with animations, as you will 
-see later.
-
-Have fun and feel free to improve it!
-
-The class can be easily embedded in your programmable blocks and allows simulating pixel-precise displays on the LCD and Text Panels. The class also ships with a beautiful set of retro-style compile time mono-spaced fonts.
-
-First admire a few screenshot to get a first impression:
-
-<figure class="text-center">
-![](/images/Space-Engineers/Space-Engineers-ASCII-Bars.png){.img-fluid .rounded alt="A Space Engineers Console showcasing our Font. It displays some ASCII styled bars." title="The Monospaced Font in Action."}
-<figcaption class="text-secondary">
-Status bars showing normal and inverted font.
-</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-<figure class="text-center">
-![](/images/Space-Engineers/Space-Engineers-LCD-Panels.png){.img-fluid .rounded alt="Two adjacent Space Engineers Consoles. One shows a sinus wave, demonstrating pixel precise output."}
-<figcaption class="text-secondary">
-The Display to the right demonstrates animated pixel precise output.
-</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-The class exposes the following public methods:
-
-* Screen constructor
-* pixelOn
-* draw_rect
-* put_letter
-* put_letter_inv // inverted single letter
-* put_text
-* put_text_inv // inverted text
-* update // updates lcd or text panel
-
-## Pixel Display supports Animations
-
-<figure class="text-center">
-![](/images/Space-Engineers/Space-Engineers-Animated-Display-Setup.png){.img-fluid .rounded alt="Complete setup with 3 Panels a timer block and a programmable block"}
-<figcaption class="text-secondary">
-A complete Setup featuring 3 LCD Panels and supporting blocks.
-</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-With a timer block this approach can be used for beautiful animations too!
-
-The solution is based on emulating pixels using very small fonts ~0.2 on regular LCD Panels. I use ‘[‘ and ‘.’ here, since they both have the same widths and work quite well to emulate on/off pixels.
-
-
-Usage of the class is easy and straigth forward from your Main function:
-
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.csharp .numberLines}
-// construct a new Screen class instace providing 
-// the label of your panel and dimensions.
-Screen s = new Screen("Your_LCD_1",215,59,this);   
- 
-// put text on specified pixel coordinates
-s.put_text(10,10,"   Welcome to the Machine  ");
- 
-// refresh the LCD Panel
-s.update();
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-## C Sharp Class for the Space Engineers Font
-
-And this is the C# class behind it. You will have to copy it into your programmable blocks. (Let me know if there is a more elegant way?)
-
-Sidenote: If you wonder how I generated this numbers inside the letters array, you can read it in this seperate post about bitmap fonts generation.
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.csharp .numberLines}
-class Screen
-{
- 
-   public int width;
-   public int height; 
-    
-   IMyTextPanel panel;
- 
-   char mark_pixel='[';
-   char mark_empty='.';
- 
-   static MyGridProgram programm; 
-   string output;
- 
-   public Screen(string panel_name, int _width, int _height,  MyGridProgram programRef)
-   {
-        width=_width;
-        height=_height;
-        programm=programRef;
-        panel=programm.GridTerminalSystem.GetBlockWithName(panel_name) as IMyTextPanel;  
- 
-        output=new string(' ',0);
-        for(int y=0;y<height;y++)
-        {
-             output+=new string(mark_empty,width);
-             output+='\n';
-        }
-   }
- 
-    public void pixelOn(int x,int y)
-    {
-         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(output); 
-         sb[y*(width+1)+x]=mark_pixel;
-         output = sb.ToString();
-    }
- 
-    public void draw_rect(int x, int y, int width, int height)
-    {
-            for(int i=x;i<x+width;i++)
-            {
-                pixelOn(i,y);
-                pixelOn(i,y+height-1);
-            }
- 
-            for(int i=y;i<y+height;i++) 
-            { 
-                pixelOn(x,i); 
-                pixelOn(width+x-1,i); 
-            } 
- 
- 
-    }
- 
-    public void put_text(int x, int y, string str)
-    {
-       int linefeed=0;
-       for(int i=0;i<str.Length;i++) 
-       {
-         if(str[i]=='\n')
-         {
-               y+=7;
-               linefeed=0;
-               continue;
-         }
- 
-         linefeed+=7;    
-         put_letter(x+linefeed,y,str[i]);     
-       } 
-    } 
- 
-    public void put_text_inv(int x, int y, string str) 
-    { 
-       int linefeed=0; 
-       for(int i=0;i<str.Length;i++)  
-       { 
-         if(str[i]=='\n') 
-         { 
-               y+=7; 
-               linefeed=0; 
-               continue; 
-         } 
-  
-         linefeed+=7;     
-         put_letter_inv(x+linefeed,y,str[i]);      
-       } 
-    }  
- 
-    public void put_letter(int x, int y, int ascii_code)
-    {
-           int letter=letters[ascii_code-0x20];
-           
-           for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
-           for(int j=0;j<5;j++)
-    
-                         if(0<(letter & (int)Math.Pow(2,24-(i+j*5)) ))
-                                pixelOn(x+i,y+j);
-    }
- 
-    public void put_letter_inv(int x, int y, int ascii_code) 
-    { 
-           int letter=letters[ascii_code-0x20]; 
-           draw_rect(x-1,y-1,7,7); // outline
-           for(int i=0;i<5;i++) 
-           for(int j=0;j<5;j++) if(0>=(letter & (int)Math.Pow(2,24-(i+j*5)) )) 
-                                pixelOn(x+i,y+j); 
-    } 
- 
-    public void update() 
-    { 
-         panel.WritePublicText(output, false); 
-    } 
- 
-    //  monospace fonts starting from 0x20 (space)
-    static readonly int[] letters = 
-    {
-        0,4329476,10813440,11512810,16398526,17895697,6632015,4325376,2232450,8523912,
-        22483413,4357252,68,31744,4,1118480,15390382,4608142,15239320,31504446,
-        1841462,33060926,33062463,32540808,33095231,33094719,131200,131208,2236546,
-        1016800,8521864,32051204,15392270,33095217,32045630,33047071,32032318,
-        33061407,33062416,33050175,18415153,14815374,14748236,20673235,17318431,18732593,18667121,
-        15255086,32045584,15259213,32045779,33299071,32641156,18400814,18393412,18405233,18157905,18157700,
-        32575775,14950670,17043521,14747726,4539392,31,6389760,33095217,32045630,
-        33047071,32032318,33061407,33062416,33050175,18415153,14815374,14748236,
-        20673235,17318431,18732593,18667121,15255086,32045584,15259213,32045779,33299071,
-        32641156,18400814,18393412,18405233,18157905,18157700,32575775,2240642,4329604
-        8525960,14016,
-    };
-     
-};
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-## Source Code used for Example Screenshots above
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.csharp .numberLines}
-static int cnt=0; // programm counter
-  
-public void Main(string argument)
-{ 
-    // increase programm counter
-    cnt+=1;
-     if (cnt>100) cnt= 0;
- 
-    // init our screen class:  new 438x59 screen
-    Screen s = new Screen("Miguel_LCD_1",(int)(438*1.5),(int)(59*1.5),this); 
- 
-    // draw some rectangles
-    s.draw_rect(0,0,s.width,s.height);
-    s.draw_rect(2,2,s.width-4,s.height-4);
- 
-     //draw more rectangles (stress testing only)
-     //   for(int i=4; i<35; i+=2)
-      //  {
-      //        s.draw_rect(i,i,s.width-2*i,s.height-2*i);
-       // }
- 
-    // write counter value
-    s.put_text(8,5,"counter: "+cnt);
- 
-    // inverted text
-    s.put_text_inv(8,12,"SOME INVERTED TEXT                       --- ");
-    
-     
-    // paint a sinus wave
-    for(int i=0;i<s.width;i++) { if(i>200)s.pixelOn(i,(int)(s.height/2+s.height/3*Math.Sin((i+cnt)/25.0)));
-    }
- 
-    // paint individual letters along a sinus
-    string txt=new string(' ',0); 
-    txt="! software fools rules the waves!";
-     
-    for(int i=0;i<txt.Length;i++) { s.put_letter(30+i*7,(int)(s.height/2+s.height/5*Math.Sin((30+i*6+cnt)/25.0)),txt[i]); } s.update(); // other screens Screen s2 = new Screen("Miguel_LCD_2",329,89,this); Screen s3 = new Screen("Miguel_LCD_3",215,59,this); s3.put_text_inv(10,10," Welcome to the Machine "); s3.put_text(10,17,"-= Miguel's 5x5 Fonts =-\n The quick brown fox \n jumps over the lazy dog\n0123456789><=;'~^\n"+
-    " %#@!~?{}[]-+*&`.,:'");
-     
-    s3.draw_rect(0,0,s3.width,s3.height);  
-    s3.draw_rect(2,2,s3.width-4,s3.height-4);  
- 
-    s2.put_text(10,1,
-"Something......[||||||||||      ]  10%\n"+
-"Foo............[|||             ]  33%\n"+
-"Bar............[|||             ]  99%\n"+
-"Something else.[||||||||||I     ]  05%\n"
-);
- 
-s2.put_text_inv(10,35, 
-"Something......[||||||||||      ]  10%\n"+ 
-"Foo............[|||             ]  33%\n"+ 
-"Bar............[|||             ]  99%\n"+ 
-"Something else.[||||||||||I     ]  05%\n"
-); 
- 
-s2.put_text(10,65, 
-"copyright by softwarefools.com"
-); 
- 
-    s2.update();
-    s3.update();
-}
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-
-## Helpful Comment on improving Performance
-
-    JR Raynal
-    December 13, 2017 at 9:29 am
-
-Hi, I was playing with your script, and found it super slow… which is odd given the performances of other scripts out there. Turns out by switching the output from a string to a StringBuilder, you don’t need to copy them around as much. I assume this is the fix because I experienced a serious speed increase with that!
-
-Here is the rewritten snippet:
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {.csharp .numberLines}
-
-            StringBuilder output;
-
-            public Screen(string panel_name, int _width, int _height, MyGridProgram programRef)
-            {
-                width = _width;
-                height = _height;
-                programm = programRef;
-                panel = programm.GridTerminalSystem.GetBlockWithName(panel_name) as IMyTextPanel;
-
-                output = new StringBuilder();
-                for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
-                {
-                    output.Append(mark_empty, width);
-                    output.Append('\n');
-                }
-            }
-
-            public void pixelOn(int x, int y)
-            {
-                output[y * (width + 1) + x] = mark_pixel;
-            }
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-## TODOS
-
-cleanup and optimize code!!, move sources to git repo, use some kind of syntax highlihter on this post. allow other font-sets with other sizes and let the user adjust spacing, publish python font converter in another post.