Dev UtilitiesLesson 146Free preview
ASCII Text Art
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Summary
ASCII Text Art transforms plain text into capital letters consisting of ASCII characters, so that it can be used as a banner in a terminal, code comment, or README. Each letter is formed from a pattern of character lines, and the result will be neat when displayed with a monospace font. You can choose font types, widths, and filling characters as needed.
Key points
- ASCII art uses printed characters to form images
- Monospace fonts are mandatory so that every line is aligned
- FIGlet is a popular ASCII art font format
- Watch the character escape like the backtick when stuck in the Markdown.
- Excessive width can be cut off on a narrow screen
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