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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Install

⚠️ ART 6.1 is the last version to support Python 3.5 officially

⚠️ 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

PyPI

Check Python Packaging User Guide
pip install art==6.3 Need root access

Source code

Download Version 6.3 or Latest Source
pip install .

Conda

Conda-Forge

Check Conda-Forge
conda install -c conda-forge ascii-art

Private channel

Check Check Conda Managing Package
conda install -c sepandhaghighi art

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

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

>>> 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("coffee", number=3, space=5) 
'c[_]     c[_]     c[_]'
>>> 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

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

>>> aprint("butterfly") # print art
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ 
>>> aprint("happy") # print art
 ۜ\(סּںסּَ` )/ۜ
>>> aprint("coffee", number=3, space=5) 
c[_]     c[_]     c[_] 
>>> 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):
        ...
art.art.artError: The 'number' type must be int.

3. randart

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

>>> 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)

⚠️ From Version 5.3 \n is used as the default line separator instead of \r\n (Use sep parameter if needed)

1. text2art

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

>>> 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("test", space=10))
 _                                             _   
| |_             ___            ___           | |_ 
| __|           / _ \          / __|          | __|
| |_           |  __/          \__ \          | |_ 
 \__|           \___|          |___/           \__|
                                                   
>>> print(text2art('''Lorem  
ipsum 
dolor''', font="small")) # Multi-line print
 _                            
| |    ___  _ _  ___  _ __    
| |__ / _ \| '_|/ -_)| '  \   
|____|\___/|_|  \___||_|_|_|  
                              
 _                         
(_) _ __  ___ _  _  _ __   
| || '_ \(_-<| || || '  \  
|_|| .__//__/ \_,_||_|_|_| 
   |_|                     
    _       _           
 __| | ___ | | ___  _ _ 
/ _` |/ _ \| |/ _ \| '_|
\__,_|\___/|_|\___/|_|  
                        

>>> 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

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

>>> tprint("art") # print ASCII text (default font) 
              _   
  __ _  _ __ | |_ 
 / _` || '__|| __|
| (_| || |   | |_ 
 \__,_||_|    \__|
                  

>>> 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("test", space=10)
 _                                             _   
| |_             ___            ___           | |_ 
| __|           / _ \          / __|          | __|
| |_           |  __/          \__ \          | |_ 
 \__|           \___|          |___/           \__|
                                                   
>>> 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 ║▌║▌║█│▌
>>> tprint("art",font="fancy5",decoration="random") # decoration random mode is added in Version 5.0
•]•·✦º✦·»ᏗᏒᏖ«·✦º✦·•[•

3. tsave

This function return dict in normal and exception mode

>>> 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
>>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt",sep="\r\n") # sep parameter is added in Version 5.3
Saved! 
Filename: test.txt                        
>>> Response=tsave("art",filename="test.txt",space=5) # space parameter is added in Version 6.0
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

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

>>> decor("barcode1")
'▌│█║▌║▌║ '
>>> decor("barcode1",reverse=True)
' ║▌║▌║█│▌'
>>> decor("barcode1") + text2art("    art   ",font="fancy42") + decor("barcode1",reverse=True)
'▌│█║▌║▌║     ąяţ    ║▌║▌║█│▌'
>>> decor("barcode1",both=True) # both parameter is added in Version 5.0
['▌│█║▌║▌║ ', ' ║▌║▌║█│▌']
>>> decor("random",both=True) # random mode is added in Version 5.0
['｢(◔ω◔「)三', '三三三ʅ(；◔౪◔)ʃ']
>>> decor("rand",both=True) # random mode is added in Version 5.0
['‹–…·´`·…–›', '‹–…·´`·…–›']
>>> 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

⚠️ Some fonts don't support all characters

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

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

2. Random

Randomly select from all fonts.

Keywords : random, rand & rnd

>>> tprint("test",font="random")
 |       | 
~|~/~/(~~|~
 | \/__) |

3. Random small

Randomly select from small fonts.

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

Note : New in Version 2.8

>>> tprint("test",font="rnd-small")
             
_/  _   _ _/ 
/  (- _)  /

4. Random medium

Randomly select from medium fonts.

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

Note : New in Version 2.8

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

5. Random large

Randomly select from large fonts.

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

Note : New in Version 2.8

>>> 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

Randomly select from xlarge fonts.

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

Note : New in Version 2.8

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

7. Wizard

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

>>> tprint("1","wizard")
    88 
  ,d88 
888888 
    88 
    88 
    88 
    88 
    88 
    88 
    88 
       
            

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

>>> tprint("1"*15,"wizard")
                                             
                                             
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## 
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
 #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  #  # 
## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##

8. Random Non-ASCII

Randomly select from Non-ASCII fonts.

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

Note : New in Version 3.4

>>> tprint("test","random-na")
₮Ɇ₴₮

>>> tprint("test","random-na")
ʇsǝʇ

9. Mix Non-ASCII

Randomly mix Non-ASCII fonts.

Keywords : mix

Note : New in Version 3.7

>>> 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)

>>> 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.

>>> 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
- art test
All fonts, arts and decorations
- art test2

CLI

⚠️ [Backward Compatibility] ART 5.9 is the last version to support this CLI structure

⚠️ You can use art or python -m art to run this mode

List of arts : art list or art arts
List of fonts : art fonts
Text : art text [yourtext] [fontname(optional)]
Art : art shape [artname] or art art [artname]
Save : art save [yourtext] [fontname(optional)]
All : art all [yourtext]

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Table of contents

Overview

Install

PyPI

Source code

Conda

Conda-Forge

Private channel

MATLAB

Usage

1-Line art

1. art

2. aprint

3. randart

ASCII text

1. text2art

2. tprint

3. tsave

Decoration

1. decor

Font modes

1. Font name

2. Random

3. Random small

4. Random medium

5. Random large

6. Random xlarge

7. Wizard

8. Random Non-ASCII

9. Mix Non-ASCII

Typo-tolerance

Set defaults

Testing

CLI

Try ART in your browser

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

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

Screen record

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