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Table of contents

  1. Overview
  2. Installation
  3. Font List
  4. Art List
  5. Decor List
  6. Usage
    1. 1-Line Art
    2. ASCII Text
    3. Decoration
    4. Font Modes
    5. Typo-Tolerance
    6. Set Defaults
    7. Testing
    8. CLI
    9. Try ART In Your Browser
    10. Screen Record
  7. Reference
  8. Issues & Bug Reports

Overview

ASCII art is also known as "computer text art". It involves the smart placement of typed special characters or letters to make a visual shape that is spread over multiple lines of text. ART is a Python lib for text converting to ASCII art fancy. ;-)

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Decor Counter 195

Install

⚠️ ART 4.4 is the last version to support Python 2.7 & Python 3.4 officially

⚠️ PyPI support of these versions will be removed in a future release

Source code

PyPI

  • Check Python Packaging User Guide
  • pip install art==4.9 or pip3 install art==4.9 Need root access
  • On --upgrade error install latest version of setuptools : pip install setuptools and retry

Conda

Easy install

  • Run easy_install "art==4.9" Need root access

MATLAB

  • Download and install MATLAB (>=8.5, 64/32 bit)
  • Download and install Python3.x (>=3.5, 64/32 bit)
    • Select Add to PATH option
    • Select Install pip option
  • Run pip install art or pip3 install art Need root access
  • Configure Python interpreter
    • >> pyversion PYTHON_EXECUTABLE_FULL_PATH
  • Open MATLAB Examples

Usage

Quick Start

1-Line art

⚠️ Some environments don't support all 1-Line arts

⚠️ ART 4.6 is the last version to support Bipartite art

  1. art

    2. This function return 1-line art as str in normal mode and raise artError in exception

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    >>> from art import *
>>> art_1=art("coffee") # return art as str in normal mode
>>> print(art_1)
c[_]
>>> art_2=art("woman",number=2) # return multiple art as str
>>> print(art_2)
▓⚗_⚗▓ ▓⚗_⚗▓ 
>>> art("random") # random 1-line art mode
'(っ◕‿◕)っ '
>>> art("rand")   # random 1-line art mode
't(-_-t) '
>>> art(22,number=1) # raise artError
Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
art.art.artError: The 'artname' type must be str.
     
  2. aprint

    3. This function print 1-line art in normal mode (return None) and raise artError in exception

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    >>> aprint("butterfly") # print art
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 
>>> aprint("happy") # print art
 ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ
>>> aprint("random") # random 1-line art mode
'(っ◕‿◕)っ '
>>> aprint("rand")   # random 1-line art mode
't(-_-t) '
>>> aprint("woman",number="22") # raise artError
Traceback (most recent call last):
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art.art.artError: The 'number' type must be int.
     
  3. randart

    4. randart function is added in Version 2.2 as art("random") shortcut.

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    >>> randart()
'ዞᏜ℘℘Ꮍ ℬℹℛʈዞᗬᏜᎽ '
>>> randart()
'✌(◕‿-)✌ '

    Note1 : Use ART_NAMES to access all arts name list (new in Version 4.2)

    Note2 : Use NON_ASCII_ARTS to access all Non-ASCII arts name list (new in Version 4.6)

ASCII text

⚠️ Some fonts don't support all characters

⚠️ From Version 3.3 Non-ASCII fonts added (These fonts are not compatible with some environments)

  1. text2art

    2. This function return ASCII text as str in normal mode and raise artError in exception

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    >>> Art=text2art("art") # Return ASCII text (default font) and default chr_ignore=True 
>>> print(Art)
              _   
  __ _  _ __ | |_ 
 / _` || '__|| __|
| (_| || |   | |_ 
 \__,_||_|    \__|
                  
                     
>>> Art=text2art("art",font='block',chr_ignore=True) # Return ASCII text with block font
>>> print(Art)


 .----------------.  .----------------.  .----------------.
| .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. |
| |      __      | || |  _______     | || |  _________   | |
| |     /  \     | || | |_   __ \    | || | |  _   _  |  | |
| |    / /\ \    | || |   | |__) |   | || | |_/ | | \_|  | |
| |   / ____ \   | || |   |  __ /    | || |     | |      | |
| | _/ /    \ \_ | || |  _| |  \ \_  | || |    _| |_     | |
| ||____|  |____|| || | |____| |___| | || |   |_____|    | |
| |              | || |              | || |              | |
| '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' |
 '----------------'  '----------------'  '----------------'

>>> Art=text2art("test","random") # random font mode
>>> print(Art)
 |       | 
~|~/~/(~~|~
 | \/__) | 
           
>>> Art=text2art("test","rand") # random font mode
>>> print(Art)
___ ____ ____ ___ 
 |  |___ [__   |  
 |  |___ ___]  | 

>>> print(text2art('''Lorem  
ipsum 
dolor''', font="small")) # Multi-line print
 _                            
| |    ___  _ _  ___  _ __    
| |__ / _ \| '_|/ -_)| '  \   
|____|\___/|_|  \___||_|_|_|  
                              
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(_) _ __  ___ _  _  _ __   
| || '_ \(_-<| || || '  \  
|_|| .__//__/ \_,_||_|_|_| 
   |_|                     
    _       _           
 __| | ___ | | ___  _ _ 
/ _` |/ _ \| |/ _ \| '_|
\__,_|\___/|_|\___/|_|  
                        

>>> print(text2art("test","white_bubble"))  # Non-ASCII font example
ⓣⓔⓢⓣ
>>> text2art("art",font="fancy5",decoration="barcode1") # decoration parameter is added in Version 4.6
'▌│█║▌║▌║ ᏗᏒᏖ ║▌║▌║█│▌'
>>> text2art("seسسس",font=DEFAULT_FONT,chr_ignore=False) # raise artError in exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
art.art.artError: س is invalid
     
  2. tprint

    3. This function print ASCII text in normal mode (return None) and raise artError in exception

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    >>> tprint("art") # print ASCII text (default font) 
              _   
  __ _  _ __ | |_ 
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>>> tprint("art",font="block",chr_ignore=True) # print ASCII text (block font)

 .----------------.  .----------------.  .----------------.
| .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. |
| |      __      | || |  _______     | || |  _________   | |
| |     /  \     | || | |_   __ \    | || | |  _   _  |  | |
| |    / /\ \    | || |   | |__) |   | || | |_/ | | \_|  | |
| |   / ____ \   | || |   |  __ /    | || |     | |      | |
| | _/ /    \ \_ | || |  _| |  \ \_  | || |    _| |_     | |
| ||____|  |____|| || | |____| |___| | || |   |_____|    | |
| |              | || |              | || |              | |
| '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' |
 '----------------'  '----------------'  '----------------'

>>> tprint('testسس')  # chr_ignore flag ==True (Default)
 _               _   
| |_   ___  ___ | |_ 
| __| / _ \/ __|| __|
| |_ |  __/\__ \| |_ 
 \__| \___||___/ \__|
                     
>>> tprint("test","random") # random font mode
 |       | 
~|~/~/(~~|~
 | \/__) | 
           
>>> tprint("test","rand") # random font mode
___ ____ ____ ___ 
 |  |___ [__   |  
 |  |___ ___]  |  
                  

>>> tprint('testسس',chr_ignore=False) # raise artError in exception 
Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
art.art.artError: س is invalid
>>> tprint('''Lorem  
ipsum 
dolor''', font="cybermedium") # Multi-line print
_    ____ ____ ____ _  _    
|    |  | |__/ |___ |\/|    
|___ |__| |  \ |___ |  |    
                            
_ ___  ____ _  _ _  _    
| |__] [__  |  | |\/|    
| |    ___] |__| |  |    
                         
___  ____ _    ____ ____ 
|  \ |  | |    |  | |__/ 
|__/ |__| |___ |__| |  \ 

>>> tprint("art",font="fancy5",decoration="barcode1") # decoration parameter is added in Version 4.6
▌│█║▌║▌║ ᏗᏒᏖ ║▌║▌║█│▌
     
  3. tsave

    4. This function return dict in normal and exception mode

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    >>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt") # save ASCII text in test.txt file with save message (print_status==True), return dict
Saved! 
Filename: test.txt
>>> Response["Message"]
'OK'
>>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt",print_status=False) # save ASCII text in test.txt file without save message (print_status==False)
>>> Response["Message"]
'OK'
>>> Response["Status"]
True
>>> tsave(22,font=DEFAULT_FONT,filename="art",chr_ignore=True,print_status=True)
{'Status': False, 'Message': "'int' object has no attribute 'split'"}
>>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt",overwrite=True) # overwrite parameter is added in Version 4.0
Saved! 
Filename: test.txt
>>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt",decoration="barcode1") # decoration parameter is added in Version 4.6
Saved! 
Filename: test.txt

    Note1 : Use FONT_NAMES to access all fonts name list (new in Version 4.2)

    Note2 : Use NON_ASCII_FONTS to access all Non-ASCII fonts name list (new in Version 4.4)

Decoration

⚠️ Some environments don't support all decorations

  1. decor

    2. This function return decoration as str in normal mode and raise artError in exception.

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    >>> decor("barcode1")
'▌│█║▌║▌║ '
>>> decor("barcode1",reverse=True)
' ║▌║▌║█│▌'
>>> decor("barcode1") + text2art("    art   ",font="fancy42") + decor("barcode1",reverse=True)
'▌│█║▌║▌║     ąяţ    ║▌║▌║█│▌'
>>> decor(None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
	...
art.art.artError: The 'decoration' type must be str.

    Note : Use DECORATION_NAMES to access all decorations name list (new in Version 4.6)

Font modes

These modes are available for text2art, tprint & tsave.

  1. Font name

    2. ⚠️ Some fonts don't support all characters

      
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    >>> tprint("art",font="block",chr_ignore=True)

 .----------------.  .----------------.  .----------------.
| .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. |
| |      __      | || |  _______     | || |  _________   | |
| |     /  \     | || | |_   __ \    | || | |  _   _  |  | |
| |    / /\ \    | || |   | |__) |   | || | |_/ | | \_|  | |
| |   / ____ \   | || |   |  __ /    | || |     | |      | |
| | _/ /    \ \_ | || |  _| |  \ \_  | || |    _| |_     | |
| ||____|  |____|| || | |____| |___| | || |   |_____|    | |
| |              | || |              | || |              | |
| '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' |
 '----------------'  '----------------'  '----------------'
     
  2. Random

    3. Randomly select from all fonts.

    Keywords : random, rand & rnd

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~|~/~/(~~|~
 | \/__) |
     
  3. Random small

    4. Randomly select from small fonts.

    Keywords : rnd-small, random-small & rand-small

    Note : New in Version 2.8

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    >>> tprint("test",font="rnd-small")
             
_/  _   _ _/ 
/  (- _)  /
     
  4. Random medium

    5. Randomly select from medium fonts.

    Keywords : rnd-medium, random-medium & rand-medium

    Note : New in Version 2.8

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    >>> tprint("test",font="rnd-medium")
                      
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=||=  _-_   _-_, =||= 
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 \\, \\,/  ,-_-   \\,
     
  5. Random large

    6. Randomly select from large fonts.

    Keywords : rnd-large, random-large & rand-large

    Note : New in Version 2.8

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    >>> tprint("test",font="rnd-large")
                                                                    
8888888 8888888888 8 8888888888      d888888o.   8888888 8888888888 
      8 8888       8 8888          .`8888:' `88.       8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888          8.`8888.   Y8       8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888          `8.`8888.           8 8888       
      8 8888       8 888888888888   `8.`8888.          8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888            `8.`8888.         8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888             `8.`8888.        8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888         8b   `8.`8888.       8 8888       
      8 8888       8 8888         `8b.  ;8.`8888       8 8888       
      8 8888       8 888888888888  `Y8888P ,88P'       8 8888
     
  6. Random xlarge

    7. Randomly select from xlarge fonts.

    Keywords : rnd-xlarge, random-xlarge & rand-xlarge

    Note : New in Version 2.8

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    >>> tprint("test","rnd-xlarge")
      _____                    _____                    _____                _____          
     /\    \                  /\    \                  /\    \              /\    \         
    /::\    \                /::\    \                /::\    \            /::\    \        
    \:::\    \              /::::\    \              /::::\    \           \:::\    \       
     \:::\    \            /::::::\    \            /::::::\    \           \:::\    \      
      \:::\    \          /:::/\:::\    \          /:::/\:::\    \           \:::\    \     
       \:::\    \        /:::/__\:::\    \        /:::/__\:::\    \           \:::\    \    
       /::::\    \      /::::\   \:::\    \       \:::\   \:::\    \          /::::\    \   
      /::::::\    \    /::::::\   \:::\    \    ___\:::\   \:::\    \        /::::::\    \  
     /:::/\:::\    \  /:::/\:::\   \:::\    \  /\   \:::\   \:::\    \      /:::/\:::\    \ 
    /:::/  \:::\____\/:::/__\:::\   \:::\____\/::\   \:::\   \:::\____\    /:::/  \:::\____\
   /:::/    \::/    /\:::\   \:::\   \::/    /\:::\   \:::\   \::/    /   /:::/    \::/    /
  /:::/    / \/____/  \:::\   \:::\   \/____/  \:::\   \:::\   \/____/   /:::/    / \/____/ 
 /:::/    /            \:::\   \:::\    \       \:::\   \:::\    \      /:::/    /          
/:::/    /              \:::\   \:::\____\       \:::\   \:::\____\    /:::/    /           
\::/    /                \:::\   \::/    /        \:::\  /:::/    /    \::/    /            
 \/____/                  \:::\   \/____/          \:::\/:::/    /      \/____/             
                           \:::\    \               \::::::/    /                           
                            \:::\____\               \::::/    /                            
                             \::/    /                \::/    /                             
                              \/____/                  \/____/
     
  7. Wizard

    8. This mode consider length of input text to select font.

    ☑️ Support of 95 ASCII characters guaranteed

    Keywords : wizard, wiz & magic

    Note : New in Version 2.9

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    >>> tprint("1","wizard")
    88 
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888888 
    88 
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>>> tprint("1"*5,"wizard")
d88  d88  d88  d88  d88  
 88   88   88   88   88  
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 88   88   88   88   88  
 88   88   88   88   88  
d88P d88P d88P d88P d88P 
                         
                         

>>> tprint("1"*15,"wizard")
                                             
                                             
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 
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 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##
     
  8. Random Non-ASCII

    9. Randomly select from Non-ASCII fonts.

    Keywords : random-na, rand-na & rnd-na

    Note : New in Version 3.4

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    >>> tprint("test","random-na")
₮Ɇ₴₮

>>> tprint("test","random-na")
ʇsǝʇ
     
  9. Mix Non-ASCII

    10. Randomly mix Non-ASCII fonts.

    Keywords : mix

    Note : New in Version 3.7

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    >>> tprint("test","mix")
†Ɛѕ†

>>> tprint("test","mix")
tᏋѕt

>>> tprint("test","mix")
꓄єร꓄

⚠️ Non-ASCII fonts are only available in Font name, Random Non-ASCII and Mix Non-ASCII modes

Typo-tolerance

Levenshtein distance used in this project. (>Version 0.9)

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>>> Art=art("loveyou",number=1,text="test") # correct --> art("love_you",number=1,text="test"), error < |artname|/2
>>> print(Art)
»-(¯`·.·´¯)->test<-(¯`·.·´¯)-« 
>>> aprint("happi")  # correct --> aprint("happy"), error < |artname|/2
 ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ 
>>> Art=art("birds2222222",number=1) # correct --> Art=art("birds",number=1), error >= |artname|/2
Traceback (most recent call last):
	...
art.art.artError: Invalid art name
>>> aprint("happi231")  # correct --> aprint("happy"), error < |artname|/2
⎦˚◡˚⎣ 
>>> aprint("happi2312344") # correct --> aprint("happy"), error >= |artname|/2
Traceback (most recent call last):
	...
art.art.artError: Invalid art name
>>> Art=text2art("test",font="black") # correct --> Art=text2art("test",font="block")
>>> print(Art)

 .----------------.  .----------------.  .----------------.  .----------------.
| .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. || .--------------. |
| |  _________   | || |  _________   | || |    _______   | || |  _________   | |
| | |  _   _  |  | || | |_   ___  |  | || |   /  ___  |  | || | |  _   _  |  | |
| | |_/ | | \_|  | || |   | |_  \_|  | || |  |  (__ \_|  | || | |_/ | | \_|  | |
| |     | |      | || |   |  _|  _   | || |   '.___`-.   | || |     | |      | |
| |    _| |_     | || |  _| |___/ |  | || |  |`\____) |  | || |    _| |_     | |
| |   |_____|    | || | |_________|  | || |  |_______.'  | || |   |_____|    | |
| |              | || |              | || |              | || |              | |
| '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' || '--------------' |
 '----------------'  '----------------'  '----------------'  '----------------'

>>> tprint("test",font="cybermedum")   # correct --> tprint("test",font="cybermedium")
___ ____ ____ ___ 
 |  |___ [__   |  
 |  |___ ___]  |

Set defaults

set_default function is added in Version 2.2 in order to change default values.

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>>> help(set_default)
Help on function set_default in module art.art:

set_default(font='standard', chr_ignore=True, filename='art', print_status=True, overwrite=False, decoration=None)
    Change text2art, tprint and tsave default values.
    
    :param font: input font
    :type font:str
    :param chr_ignore: ignore not supported character
    :type chr_ignore:bool
    :param filename: output file name (only tsave)
    :type filename:str
    :param print_status : save message print flag (only tsave)
    :type print_status:bool
    :param overwrite : overwrite the saved file if true (only tsave)
    :type overwrite:bool
    :param decoration: input decoration
    :type decoration:str
    :return: None

>>> tprint("test")
 _               _   
| |_   ___  ___ | |_ 
| __| / _ \/ __|| __|
| |_ |  __/\__ \| |_ 
 \__| \___||___/ \__|
                     

>>> set_default(font="italic")
>>> tprint("test")
             
_/  _   _ _/ 
/  (- _)  /

* Functions error response updated in Version 0.8

Function Normal Error
decor str raise artError
art str raise artError
aprint None raise artError
tprint None raise artError
tsave {"Status":bool,"Message":str} {"Status":bool,"Message":str}
text2art str raise artError

Testing

  • Only ASCII fonts and arts
    • python -m art test
  • All fonts, arts and decorations
    • python -m art test2

CLI

  • List of arts : python -m art list or python -m art arts
  • List of fonts : python -m art fonts
  • Text : python -m art text yourtext fontname(optional)
  • Art : python -m art shape art_name or python -m art art art_name
  • Save : python -m art save yourtext fontname(optional)
  • All : python -m art all yourtext

Try ART in your browser

  1. ART can be used online in interactive Jupyter Notebooks via the Binder service! Try it out now! :
    2.  

    * Open FontList.ipynb, ArtList.ipynb and DecorList.ipynb

     
  2. ART also can be used online in ascii-generator.site, a Django website by hermanTenuki

Screen record

Screen record

Reference

  1. FIGlet
  2. 1 Line Art
  3. Text To ASCII
  4. ASCII Generator
  5. Asky
  6. Flipyourtext
  7. YayText
  8. Coolletters
  9. Instagram Fonts
  10. Cool Symbol
  11. ASCII Moji
  12. SMILEY COOL
  13. SPREZZ
  14. Textart4u
  15. Chat4o
  16. Findwebapp
  17. Hubpages
  18. ASCII-ART
  19. Messletters
  20. Webestools
  21. ASCII-Emoji
  22. Instagram Fonts2