Create Factorio blueprint strings for any text you'd like in any material!

blueprintText.js

const Blueprint = require('factorio-blueprint');

const alphabet = `

~AA  BBB   CCC DDD  EEEE FFFF  GGG  H  H IIIII JJJJJ K  K L     MMM MMM NN   N  OOO  PPP   QQQ  RRR   SSSS TTTTT U   U V   V W   W X   X Y   Y ZZZZZ  ( )  * * *     ! ??     
A  A B  B C    D  D E    F    G     H  H   I     J   K K  L     M  M  M N N  N O   O P  P Q   Q R  R S       T   U   U V   V W   W  X X   Y Y     Z  (   )  ***      !   ?    
AAAA BBB  C    D  D EEEE FFFF G GGG HHHH   I     J   KK   L     M  M  M N  N N O   O PPP  Q   Q RRR   SSS    T   U   U  V V  W W W   X     Y     Z   (   ) *****     !  ?     
A  A B  B C    D  D E    F    G  G  H  H   I   J J   K K  L     M     M N   NN O   O P    Q  QQ R R      S   T   U   U  V V  W W W  X X    Y    Z    (   )  ***   ..    ?   , 
A  A BBB   CCC DDD  EEEE F     GGG  H  H IIIII JJJ   K  K LLLLL M     M N    N  OOO  P     QQQQ R  R SSSS    T    UUU    V    WWW  X   X   Y   ZZZZZ  ( )  * * *  .. !  ?  ,~~
`.trim().replace(/\~/g, ' ').split('\n');

const letters = {};


function initLetters() {
  let currLetterStart = null;
  let hasOnY = false;

  for (var x = 0; x < alphabet[0].length; x++) {
    hasOnY = false;
    for (var y = 0; y < 5; y++) {
      const c = alphabet[y][x].toLowerCase();
      if (c == ' ') continue;

      hasOnY = true;
      if (currLetterStart === null) currLetterStart = x;
      if (!letters[c]) letters[c] = [];
      if (!letters[c][y]) letters[c][y] = [];

      letters[c][y][x-currLetterStart] = true;
    }
    if (!hasOnY) {
      currLetterStart = null;
    }
  }
}
initLetters();

function createTextBP(str, material='small-lamp') {
  str = str.toLowerCase();
  let bp = new Blueprint()
  let currX = 0;
  let currY = 0;

  for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) { // Each letter
    let c = str[i];
    if (c == ' ') { currX += 4; continue; } // Space
    else if (c == '\n') { currY += 7; currX = 0; continue; } // New line
    let hasY = true;
    let x = 0;
    while (hasY) { // Each x
      hasY = false;
      for (var y = 0; y < 5; y++) { // Each y
        if (!letters[c][y]) continue;
        if (letters[c][y][x]) {
          hasY = true;
          bp.createEntity(material, { x: currX + x, y: currY + y }, 0, true);
        }
      }
      x++;
    }
    currX += x;
  }
  return bp;
}

console.log(createTextBP('Example text.\nCurrently not case\nsensitive, supports\n* ( ) . , ! ?').fixCenter().encode());