Re: Real monks code in...

Hmmmmm...just realized that it's much more "monumental" when it's formatted properly:

use Lingua::Romana::Perligata;

EGRESSO SCRIBE DICTUM
SIC PLEASE ENTER THE STRING TO BE CIS
TUM LACUNAM TUM DICTUM

SIC SEARCHED FOR THE STRING MONKEY CIS TUM
BIGUTTAM TUM LACUNAM.
HUIC VESTIBULO PERLEGEMENTUM DA.

DICTUM SIC STRING MONKEY WAS CIS
TUM LACUNAM SCRIBE EGRESSO.
SI HOC
TUM DICEMENTUM SIC MONKEY CIS
SCRUTAMENTUM TUM NULLUM

PRAESTANTIAM
HOCQUE TUM DEMINUEMENTUM DICEMENTUM
SIC MONKEY CIS SCRUTAMENTUM

TUM NULLUM PRAESTANTIAM FAC
SIC EGRESSO NOT INQUEMENTUM TUM
LACUNAM SCRIBE CIS.

SCRIBE EGRESSO DICTUM
SIC FOUND IN THE INPUT STRING CIS TUM
NOVUMVERSUM.
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Re: Re: Real monks code in... by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Feb 20, 2003 at 22:35 UTC
Even better would be to ray-trace it with POV, which will easily create an object out of a text string processed through a truetype font, and then subtract that from a solid granite block. Print on a photorealistic printer. —John	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Real monks code in... by TheDamian (Vicar) on Feb 20, 2003 at 23:38 UTC
Like this you mean? (That link will only be temporary. Maybe one of the Powers-That-Be can replace this node with the image itself? Or at least cache the image somewhere permanent?)	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Real monks code in... by John M. Dlugosz (Monsignor) on Feb 21, 2003 at 04:30 UTC
Beautiful! But, if you don't mind a little constructive critisism, the 3-D appearance of the text keeps flip-flopping as I look at it; I can't decide whether it's engraved or raised. It's probably because of the low resolution, being just enough to convey the effect. I think it would be cooler to have a more awesome looking slab of stone, esp. on a full-page "photo". I'm a bit rusty but I'll see if I can show you what I mean...	[reply]