This software is TextCanvas by katahiromz.
It can render shapes as a string.

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You can study how to render Japanese bitmap text.
                                                                        
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You can use this software under SIL Open Font License 1.1.
http://jikasei.me/info/license.html

Copyright (c) Keitarou Hiraki, Font Silo. 1990-2015
Copyright (C) Katayama Hirofumi MZ <[email protected]>

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