Print out large ASCII block letters using python

grosse_lettre.py

letters = { "a":[ "####","#  #", "####", "#  #",   "#  #"], "b":[ "###", "# #","###","# #","###"], "c":[ "###", "#", "#", "#", "###"], "d":[ "##", "# #", "# #", "# #", "##"], "e":[ "###", "#", "###", "#", "###"], "f":[ "###", "#", "###", "#", "#"], "g":[ "###", "# #", "###", "  #", "###"], "h":[ "# #", "# #", "###", "# #", "# #"], "i":[ "###", " #", " #", " #", "###"], "j":[ "###", " #", " #", " #", "##"], "k":[ "# #", "##", "#", "##", "# #"], "l":[ "#", "#", "#", "#", "###"], "m":[ "# #", "###", "###", "# #", "# #"], "n":[ "###", "# #", "# #", "# #", "# #"], "o":[ "###", "# #", "# #", "# #", "###"], "p":[ "###", "# #", "###", "#", "#"], "q":[ "###", "# #", "###", "  #", "  #"], "r":[ "###", "# #", "##", "# #", "# #"], "s":[ "###", "#", "###", "  #", "###"], "t":[ "###", " #", " #", " #", " #"], "u":[ "# #", "# #", "# #", "# #", "###"], "v":[ "# #", "# #", "# #", "# #", " #"], "w":[ "# #", "# #", "# #", "###", "###"], "x":[ "# #", " #", " #", " #", "# #"], "y":[ "# #", "# #", "###", "  #", "###"], "z":[ "###", "  #", " #", "#", "###"], " ":[ " "], "1":[ " #", "##", " #", " #", "###"], "2":[ "###", "  #", "###", "#", "###"], "3":[ "###", "  #", "###", "  #", "###"], "4":[ "#", "#", "# #", "###", "  #"], "5":[ "###", "#", "###", "  #", "###"], "6":[ "###", "#", "###", "# #", "###"], "7":[ "###", "  # ", " #", " #", "#"], "8":[ "###", "# #", "###", "# #", "###"], "9":[ "###", "# #", "###", "  #", "###"], "0":[ "###", "# #", "# #", "# #", "###"], "!":[ " # ", " # ", " # ", "   ", " # "], "?":[ "###", "  #", " ##", "   ", " # "], ".":[ "   ", "   ", "   ", "   ", " # "], "]":[ "   ", "   ", "   ", "  #", " # "], "/":[ "  #", "  #", " # ", "# ", "# "], ":":[ "   ", " # ", "   ", " # ", "   "], "@":[ "###", "# #", "## ", "#  ", "###"], "'":[ " # ", " # ", "   ", "   ", "   "], "#":[ " # ", "###", " # ", "###", " # "] }
# letters stolen from here: http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2013/08/raspberry-pi-minecraft-twitter.html

def print_letters(text,scale=1,espace=2):
    bigletters = []
    for i in text:
        bigletters.append(letters.get(i.lower(),letters[' ']))
    output = ['']*(5*scale) #nb de ligne
    for i in range(5):
        for ind,j in enumerate(bigletters):
            temp = ' '
            try:
                temp = j[i]
            except:
                pass
            line=''
            for z in temp:
                line+=z*scale
            line+=' '*(3*scale+espace-len(line))    
            line = line.replace('#',text[ind].upper())
            output[i*scale] += line
        for bold in range(scale-1):
            output[i*scale+bold+1]=output[i*scale]
        
    return '\n'.join(output)

print print_letters('hello world',10,10)