Vertical Banner

vbanner.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# vbanner.py (vertical banner) - coded by jong10
# https://gist.github.com/925728
# problem: http://club.filltong.net/codingdojo/28903
# only for Mac OS X -_-;;

import subprocess

def vbanner(s, width):
    horizontal = subprocess.check_output(['banner', '-w', str(width), s])
    vertical = zip(*(line + (' ' * (width - len(line))) for line in horizontal.split('\n')))
    return '\n'.join(''.join(c) for c in reversed(vertical))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print vbanner('coding dojo', 40)