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ASCII Art Generator
Turn text into a banner, or an image into ASCII art.
About this tool
Turn short text into a big blocky ASCII banner, or convert an uploaded image into ASCII art — both rendered by sampling brightness on a canvas and mapping it to a ramp of characters from sparse to dense, entirely in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does the output look better at a wider "width" setting?
- More characters across means finer detail — like increasing resolution. For a text banner, a narrow width can make letters unrecognizable; for images, a wider setting captures more of the original detail at the cost of a larger block of text.
- When should I use "Invert"?
- The default mapping uses dense characters for dark areas and spaces for light areas — right for typical dark-text-on-light-background images. If your source is light content on a dark background (or the result looks like a "negative"), check Invert to flip the mapping.
- Does this work well for photos?
- High-contrast images with clear subjects work best. Busy, low-contrast photos tend to produce muddy-looking ASCII art since fine detail gets lost once brightness is bucketed into a handful of character densities.