Convert your text into stunning ASCII art. Supports 5 font styles with copy and download features.
ASCII Art is a graphic design technique that uses characters from the ASCII character set to create images or text. It originated in the 1960s-70s when graphical printers were unavailable, and is still widely used in terminals, code comments, and social media today.
ASCII art was born in the 1960s when typewriters and early computer printers had no way to render graphics. Drawing pictures with characters was the only option. In the internet era, it flourished in emails, bulletin boards, and chat rooms.
Today, ASCII art appears in terminal splash screens, source code comments, README headers, game text interfaces, and social media profiles. In open-source projects, creating a logo in ASCII art has become a beloved tradition.
The FIGlet standard library includes hundreds of ASCII art fonts. This tool provides five styles: Standard, Banner, Shadow, Bubble, and Digital. Each uses unique character combinations and patterns to create distinctive visual effects.
Letters A-Z (upper and lower case), digits 0-9, and spaces are supported. Special characters and non-ASCII symbols are not currently supported.
ASCII art only renders correctly in a monospace (fixed-width) font environment. In proportional fonts, character spacing breaks the alignment.
Open the downloaded .txt file in a text editor that supports monospace fonts, such as Notepad or VS Code, to see the art rendered correctly.
Up to 20 characters is recommended. More characters result in a wider output that may extend beyond the screen.
Standard uses block patterns, Banner uses letter-based wide patterns, Shadow adds a 3D look, Bubble uses rounded bracket shapes, and Digital mimics LED display style.