In some versions of UNIX and Linux there\'s a banner command (usually /usr/bin/banner) that prints great output like this:
##### ####### # ##### #
If anyone is interested, here's a Java version. It generates a String, and it's up to you whether you use System.out.println() or your Logging framework of choice.
public class Banner {
public static String print(String s, char stdCh) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
sb.append('\n');
for (char ch : s.toCharArray()) {
int enc = CHAR_LIST.indexOf(ch);
if (enc < 0) continue;
for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
sb.append(isPresent(row, enc, col) ? charToPrint(ch, stdCh) : ' ');
}
}
}
return sb.append('\n').toString();
}
private static char charToPrint(char ch, char stdCh) {
return ch != ' ' && stdCh != 0 ? stdCh : ch;
}
private static boolean isPresent(int row, int enc, int col) {
return (map[enc][row] & 1 << col) != 0;
}
// @formatter:off
private static final String CHAR_LIST = " 0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.,:!/\\|+-*=";
private static int A = 1<<0;
private static int B = 1<<1;
private static int C = 1<<2;
private static int D = 1<<3;
private static int E = 1<<4;
private static int F = 1<<5;
private static int G = 1<<6;
private static int H = 1<<7;
// define the 'font'
private static int[][] map = new int[][] {
/* */ {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H},
/*0*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A|F|G, A|E|G, A|D|G, A|C|G, A|B|G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*1*/ {G, F|G, G, G, G, G, G, 0},
/*2*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A|G, G, C|D|E|F, B, A, A|B|C|D|E|F|G, 0},
/*3*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A|G, G, C|D|E|F, G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*4*/ {A|F, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E|F|G, F, F, F, 0},
/*5*/ {A|B|C|D|E|F|G, A, A, B|C|D|E|F, G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*6*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A, A, A|B|C|D|E|F, A|G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*7*/ {B|C|D|E|F|G, G, F, E, D, C, B, 0},
/*8*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A|G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F, A|G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*9*/ {B|C|D|E|F, A|G, A|G, B|C|D|E|F|G, G, G, B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*a*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E, F, B|C|D|E|F, A|F, B|C|D|E|G, 0},
/*b*/ {B, B, B, B|C|D|E|F, B|G, B|G, A|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*c*/ {0, 0, C|D|E, B|F, A, A, B|F, C|D|E},
/*d*/ {F, F, F, B|C|D|E|F, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E|G, 0},
/*e*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E, A|F, A|B|C|D|E|F, A, B|C|D|E, 0},
/*f*/ {C|D|E, B, B, A|B|C|D, B, B, B, 0},
/*g*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E|G, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E, F, B|C|D|E},
/*h*/ {B, B, B, B|C|D|E, B|F, B|F, A|B|F, 0},
/*i*/ {0, C, 0, B|C, C, C, A|B|C|D|E, 0},
/*j*/ {0, D, 0, D, D, D, A|D, B|C},
/*k*/ {B, B|E, B|D, B|C, B|D, B|E, A|B|E|F, 0},
/*l*/ {A|B, B, B, B, B, B, A|B|C, 0},
/*m*/ {0, 0, 0, A|C|E|F, A|B|D|G, A|D|G, A|D|G, 0},
/*n*/ {0, 0, 0, B|D|E, B|C|F, B|F, B|F, 0},
/*o*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E, A|F, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E, 0},
/*p*/ {0, 0, A|B|C|D|E, B|F, B|F, B|C|D|E, B, A|B},
/*q*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E|G, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E, F, F|G},
/*r*/ {0, 0, A|B|D|E, B|C|F, B, B, A|B, 0},
/*s*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E, A, B|C|D|E, F, A|B|C|D|E, 0},
/*t*/ {0, C, C, A|B|C|D|E, C, C, D|E, 0},
/*u*/ {0, 0, A|F, A|F, A|F, A|F, B|C|D|E|G, 0},
/*v*/ {0, 0, A|G, B|F, B|F, C|E, D, 0},
/*w*/ {0, 0, A|G, A|G, A|D|G, A|D|G, B|C|E|F, 0},
/*x*/ {0, 0, A|F, B|E, C|D, B|E, A|F, 0},
/*y*/ {0, 0, B|F, B|F, B|F, C|F, A|D|E, B|C|D},
/*z*/ {0, 0, A|B|C|D|E|F, E, D, C, B|C|D|E|F|G, 0},
/*A*/ {D, C|E, B|F, A|G, A|B|C|D|E|F|G, A|G, A|G, 0},
/*B*/ {A|B|C|D|E, A|F, A|F, A|B|C|D|E, A|F, A|F, A|B|C|D|E, 0},
/*C*/ {C|D|E, B|F, A, A, A, B|F, C|D|E, 0},
/*D*/ {A|B|C|D, A|E, A|F, A|F, A|F, A|E, A|B|C|D, 0},
/*E*/ {A|B|C|D|E|F, A, A, A|B|C|D|E, A, A, A|B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*F*/ {A|B|C|D|E|F, A, A, A|B|C|D|E, A, A, A, 0},
/*G*/ {C|D|E, B|F, A, A, A|E|F|G, B|F|G, C|D|E|G, 0},
/*H*/ {A|G, A|G, A|G, A|B|C|D|E|F|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, 0},
/*I*/ {A|B|C|D|E, C, C, C, C, C, A|B|C|D|E, 0},
/*J*/ {A|B|C|D|E, C, C, C, C, C, A|C, B},
/*K*/ {A|F, A|E, A|D, A|B|C, A|D, A|E, A|F, 0},
/*L*/ {A, A, A, A, A, A, A|B|C|D|E|F, 0},
/*M*/ {A|B|F|G, A|C|E|G, A|D|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, 0},
/*N*/ {A|G, A|B|G, A|C|G, A|D|G, A|E|G, A|F|G, A|G, 0},
/*O*/ {C|D|E, B|F, A|G, A|G, A|G, B|F, C|D|E, 0},
/*P*/ {A|B|C|D, A|E, A|E, A|B|C|D, A, A, A, 0},
/*Q*/ {C|D|E, B|F, A|G, A|G, A|C|G, B|D|F, C|D|E, F|G},
/*R*/ {A|B|C|D, A|E, A|E, A|B|C|D, A|E, A|F, A|F, 0},
/*S*/ {C|D|E, B|F, C, D, E, B|F, C|D|E, 0},
/*T*/ {A|B|C|D|E|F|G, D, D, D, D, D, D, 0},
/*U*/ {A|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, B|F, C|D|E, 0},
/*V*/ {A|G, A|G, B|F, B|F, C|E, C|E, D, 0},
/*W*/ {A|G, A|G, A|G, A|G, A|D|G, A|C|E|G, B|F, 0},
/*X*/ {A|G, A|G, B|F, C|D|E, B|F, A|G, A|G, 0},
/*Y*/ {A|G, A|G, B|F, C|E, D, D, D, 0},
/*Z*/ {A|B|C|D|E|F|G, F, E, D, C, B, A|B|C|D|E|F|G, 0},
/*.*/ {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, D, 0},
/*,*/ {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, E, E, D},
/*:*/ {0, 0, 0, 0, D, 0, D, 0},
/*!*/ {D, D, D, D, D, 0, D, 0},
/*/ */ {G, F, E, D, C, B, A, 0},
/*\\*/ {A, B, C, D, E, F, G, 0},
/*|*/ {D, D, D, D, D, D, D, D},
/*+*/ {0, D, D, B|C|D|E|F, D, D, 0, 0},
/*-*/ {0, 0, 0, B|C|D|E|F, 0, 0, 0, 0},
/***/ {0, B|D|F, C|D|E, D, C|D|E, B|D|F, 0, 0},
/*=*/ {0, 0, B|C|D|E|F, 0, B|C|D|E|F, 0, 0, 0}
};
/*
01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567
0 ##### # ### #
1 # # # # #
2 # # #### # # #### # #
3 ##### # ##### ##### # # ####
4 # # ##### # # # # # # #
5 # # # # # # # #### # #
6 ##### #### # # #### # # ## #
7 ####
*/
/*
01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567
0 #
1 # # # #
2 # # # ##### #### #
3 ## # ## ### ## # # # #
4 # # # # # # # # # # #
5 # # # # # # # #### ####
6 ##### # # ## ## ## # # # #
7 ## ## ##
*/
/*
01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567
0
1
2 ## ## #### # # # # ###### # #
3 ## # # # # # # # # #
4 # #### ## # # # # # #
5 # # # # # # # # # #
6 ## ##### # # # ## ###### ## ##
7 ###
*/
/*
01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567 01234567
0 # ##### ### #### ##### # #
1 # # # # # # # # # # #
2 # # # # # # # # # #
3 # # ##### # # # # # #
4 ##### # # # # # # # # #
5 # # # # # # # # # # # # #
6 # # ##### ### #### # # # #
7 #
*/
// @formatter:on
}