Starting from 4.11, Verge3D for 3ds Max supports animation for OSL nodes. This digital LED counter was made with pure shader — no font rendering, coding, or anything else. BTW, this example can also be recreated with Blender or Maya (just copy-paste the shader code from 3ds Max).
For tutorials on making OSL shaders please refer to the following wiki article: https://v3d.net/1e36