# tui-big-text
[tui-big-text] is a rust crate that renders large pixel text as a [Ratatui] widget using the
glyphs from the [font8x8] crate.
![Demo](https://vhs.charm.sh/vhs-7DFJFGwBEnUjjLCFSqwEm9.gif)
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## Installation
```shell
cargo add ratatui tui-big-text
```
## Usage
Create a [`BigText`] widget using [`BigText::builder`] and pass it to [`render_widget`] to
render be rendered. The builder allows you to customize the [`Style`] of the widget and the
[`PixelSize`] of the glyphs.
## Examples
```rust
use ratatui::prelude::{Frame, Style, Stylize};
use tui_big_text::{BigText, PixelSize};
fn render(frame: &mut Frame) {
let big_text = BigText::builder()
.pixel_size(PixelSize::Full)
.style(Style::new().blue())
.lines(vec![
"Hello".red().into(),
"World".white().into(),
"~~~~~".into(),
])
.build();
frame.render_widget(big_text, frame.size());
}
```
The [`PixelSize`] can be used to control how many character cells are used to represent a single
pixel of the 8x8 font. It has six variants:
- `Full` (default) - Each pixel is represented by a single character cell.
- `HalfHeight` - Each pixel is represented by half the height of a character cell.
- `HalfWidth` - Each pixel is represented by half the width of a character cell.
- `Quadrant` - Each pixel is represented by a quarter of a character cell.
- `ThirdHeight` - Each pixel is represented by a third of the height of a character cell.
- `Sextant` - Each pixel is represented by a sixth of a character cell.
```rust
BigText::builder().pixel_size(PixelSize::Full);
BigText::builder().pixel_size(PixelSize::HalfHeight);
BigText::builder().pixel_size(PixelSize::Quadrant);
```
![Pixel Size](https://vhs.charm.sh/vhs-2E84yH6UJuX1pF7mXYUXxs.gif)
Text can be aligned to the Left / Right / Center using the `alignment` methods.
```rust
BigText::builder().left_aligned();
BigText::builder().centered();
BigText::builder().right_aligned();
```
![Alignment Example](https://vhs.charm.sh/vhs-2GdJCPpXfnOCTsykSPr7AW.gif)
[tui-big-text]: https://crates.io/crates/tui-big-text
[Ratatui]: https://crates.io/crates/ratatui
[font8x8]: https://crates.io/crates/font8x8
[`BigText`]: https://docs.rs/tui-big-text/latest/tui_big_text/big_text/struct.BigText.html
[`BigText::builder`]: https://docs.rs/tui-big-text/latest/tui_big_text/big_text/struct.BigText.html#method.builder
[`PixelSize`]: https://docs.rs/tui-big-text/latest/tui_big_text/pixel_size/enum.PixelSize.html
[`render_widget`]: https://docs.rs/ratatui/latest/ratatui/struct.Frame.html#method.render_widget
[`Style`]: https://docs.rs/ratatui/latest/ratatui/style/struct.Style.html
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[API Docs]: https://docs.rs/crate/tui-big-text/
[Dependency Status]: https://deps.rs/repo/github/joshka/tui-big-text
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[Ratatui Discord]: https://discord.gg/pMCEU9hNEj
[GitHub Repository]: https://github.com/joshka/tui-widgets
[Examples]: https://github.com/joshka/tui-widgets/tree/main/tui-big-text/examples
[Changelog]: https://github.com/joshka/tui-widgets/blob/main/tui-big-text/CHANGELOG.md
[Contributing]: https://github.com/joshka/tui-widgets/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
## License
Copyright (c) Josh McKinney
This project is licensed under either of:
- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE] or )
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT] or )
at your option.
[LICENSE-APACHE]: /LICENSE-APACHE
[LICENSE-MIT]: /LICENSE-MIT
## Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the
work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any
additional terms or conditions.
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md).