ASCII Art Links Including Tools, Software, Tutorials, Collections, and More

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               James Mitchelhill                                
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Original ASCII art at Chris.com

The best place to start is to define what ASCII art is, followed by some FAQ style sites. Most of these sites include links to others as well.

ASCII ART FAQ - What Is ASCII Art? -=*=- Chris.com - What Is ASCII Art?  -=*=-  Wikipedia - ASCII Art  -=*=-  ASCII ART FAQ -=*=- Displaying ASCII Art Online

DMOZ ASCII Art - Large list of websites in various categories that deal with ASCII art. Including collections, software, newsgroup list, and more.

ASCII Arts Web Ring - Directory of categories and web ring of many great ASCII art related sites. The site is current and kept up to date.

ASCII Art Collection
Websites that have large collections of ASCII art put into category lists.

A site to mention is the NFO FTP Archive - even though a NFO is not strictly ASCII art, the site boasts over 300,000 files. The art found in the NFO files are likely only to be found there, making it the largest collection.

Tutorials

Online Tools
The online tools are very useful and offer some unique options. It's a great way to try your hand at ASCII art painlessly.
  • ASCIIGraffiti - Web-based ASCII art editor with upload and download support, with multiple export types.
  • ASCIIFIER - Website image(s) or user image to ASCII Art converter.
  • ASCIImator - Online ASCII art editor that creates animations (ASCIImations), which can be exported in various formats.
  • Text ASCII Art Generator (TAAG) - Generate ASCII Art from text using +300 fonts
  • ASCII Art - Image to ASCII Art converter
  • ASCII Art Generator - Image to ASCII Art converter, also text to ASCII Art with fonts

Software
For a complete website list of ASCII art related software visit DMOZ ASCII Art Software. Most ASCII art software does one of two things - converts a image to ASCII art, or allows you to create your own art.

The converters simply convert images, while the editors below allow you convert images too and create your own ASCII art (with lots of options).

If you plan to convert just a few images try the Online Tools above; otherwise, I would highly recommend you get a ASCII editor below.

Just a quick note about my ASCII software available here at my blog, ASCII GCTB.

Converters
  • ASCII Artist - Converts images to ASCII art, C++ open source.
  • ASCII Picture - Converts BMP images to ASCII art
  • ASCII Pic - Converts BMP and JPG images to ASCII art
  • Email Effects - Shareware. Converts images to ASCII art, create ASCII art from included fonts, etc.

Editors
  • ASCII Art Studio - Shareware. ASCII editor supports freehand drawing, image converting, etc.
  • ASCII Editor - Windows ASCII editor supports plain text, HTML colors, image converting, etc. Right-click links at the site to save downloads.
  • JavE - Java ASCII editor supports freehand drawing, 195 fonts included, image converting, etc.
  • Magic ASCII Studio - Shareware. ASCII editor supports freehand drawing, image converting, ASCII animation, etc.

Unique ASCII related links

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