Did you mean to have the text align so closely with the top of the coloured bars? It's a bit jarring visually.

As an alternative (and one that I have no idea would fit the story (and isn't practical (but is neat))), what if you printed up binary code on your own yellow plastic banner and hung it on a door in a similar arrangement. Then, spray-painted "Saving Scottwell" on the door?

That would be visually powerful and the text wouldn't distract from the image so much.

Just a thought, of course.