ASCII Art Generator
Type text and instantly see it rendered as ASCII art. Choose from 6 font styles, copy to clipboard, or download as a text file.
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Scroll horizontally for wide textASCII art is a graphic design technique that creates images and text using printable characters from the ASCII standard (letters, numbers, and symbols). It originated in the 1960s when printers and terminals could only display text characters.
FIGlet fonts are the standard format for text-to-ASCII-art conversion, named after the program "Frank, Ian, and Glen's LETters." Each font defines how to render each character as a multi-line pattern of text characters.
Common uses today: Code comments and banners, terminal splash screens, Discord and Slack messages, README decorations, retro-style designs, and creative expression.