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Guides

How text art works and how to get the most out of it — from converting your first photo to exporting a looping background.
A photo as ASCII art with the Standard character set
How to make ASCII art from a photoTurn any photo into ASCII art: choose the right image, pick a character set or write your own ramp, tune contrast, and export as text or an image.
The same landscape with 4×4 ordered dithering
What is dithering?Dithering fakes tones you can't show by mixing the ones you can. How ordered (Bayer) dithering, error diffusion and halftone work, and when to use each.
The Drift shader as block-character ASCII art in black and lime
Make an animated ASCII backgroundMake a looping animated ASCII background from a shader or gradient, export it as MP4, WebM or GIF, and use it on a website without hurting performance.
ASCII art suited to plain-text export
Exporting ASCII art: which format?Which format to export ASCII art in: plain text for code and chat, SVG for print and plotters, PNG or WebP for the web, GIF or MP4 for animation.