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25 ASCII art styles

Every style rebuilds your image from the same grid of cells — only the marks change. Character styles export as real text; every style exports as PNG, SVG, GIF or video. Each example below was drawn by glyf from a library photo.

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Character styles

Red Suit converted to Characters style ASCII art

CharactersLuminance becomes a character, from sparse dots to dense @ signs.

Moon Walk converted to Braille style ASCII art

BrailleEight dots per character for four times the detail of plain ASCII.

Ember Clouds converted to Mixed style ASCII art

MixedA long ramp plus solid blocks in the brightest areas.

Chrome Car converted to Hex Dump style ASCII art

Hex DumpEvery cell is a hex byte, laid out like a memory dump.

Visor converted to Matrix style ASCII art

MatrixFalling katakana streams that light up your image.

Geometric styles

Neon Street converted to Dots style ASCII art

DotsOne circle per cell, sized by brightness.

Blue Light converted to Cross style ASCII art

CrossA plus shape per cell, thickening with the ink.

Pink Stairs converted to Diamond style ASCII art

DiamondRotated squares sized by brightness.

Monolith converted to Rings style ASCII art

RingsOutlined circles whose stroke grows with the ink.

Flower converted to Hearts style ASCII art

HeartsEvery cell a heart, sized by brightness.

Night Fleet converted to Stars style ASCII art

StarsFive-pointed stars sized by brightness.

Neon Triangle converted to Hexagons style ASCII art

HexagonsA honeycomb of hexagons sized by brightness.

Dune Car converted to Triangles style ASCII art

TrianglesAlternating up and down triangles in a checkerboard.

Ring Planet converted to Bubbles style ASCII art

BubblesTranslucent bubbles with rims and highlights.

Line styles

Chrome Head converted to Lines style ASCII art

LinesScan-line stripes whose thickness follows the image.

Red Suit converted to Diagonal style ASCII art

DiagonalSlanted strokes that thicken in the highlights.

Lone Tree converted to Hatching style ASCII art

HatchingLayered pen strokes, like a sketch.

Chrome Head converted to Contour style ASCII art

ContourTopographic iso-lines traced through the image.

Print styles

Ember Clouds converted to Dither style ASCII art

DitherClassic 4×4 ordered dithering, one bit per cell.

Wireframe converted to Pixel Art style ASCII art

Pixel ArtBlocky pixels with a reduced 4-level-per-channel palette.

Pink Triangle converted to Mosaic style ASCII art

MosaicSquare tiles with grout lines and hand-set variation.

Arcade converted to Bricks style ASCII art

BricksA running-bond brick wall in the colours of your image.

Neon Street converted to Voxel style ASCII art

VoxelIsometric cubes whose height follows brightness.

Ring Planet converted to Half Blocks style ASCII art

Half BlocksTwo pixels per character using ▀ and ▄.

Special styles

Helmet converted to Disco style ASCII art

DiscoPulsing dots that cycle through the rainbow.