ASCII Art

ASCII Art

by Techsfurniture ~ Tuesday, March 30, 2010

ASCII art

The venerable figlet program, a true mainstay of ASCII art, is able to render ASCII fonts. If you don't know what that could possibly mean:

             /)   ,              ,  /) /)      /)         ,  /)
     _/_(/      _     _   _    // //   _  // _   __     //
     (__/ )__(_/_)_   (_(/ _(_(/_(/_  (__(/_(_(_/ (__(_/(_ (_/_
                                                      /)  .-/
                                                     (/  (_/

ASCII art

• The venerable figlet program, a true mainstay of ASCII art, is able to render ASCII fonts. If you don't know what that could possibly mean:

               /)   ,              ,  /) /)      /)         ,  /)
      _/_(/      _     _   _    // //   _  // _   __     //
      (__/ )__(_/_)_   (_(/ _(_(/_(/_  (__(/_(_(_/ (__(_/(_ (_/_
                                                       /)  .-/
                                                      (/  (_/
                 _         _                           _     _
                | |       (_)                         (_)   | |
  __ _ _ __   __| |   __ _ ___   _____    __ _ _ __    _  __| | ___  __ _
  / _` | '_ \ / _` |  / _` | \ \ / / _ \  / _` | '_ \  | |/ _` |/ _ \/ _` |
  | (_| | | | | (_| | | (_| | |\ V /  __/ | (_| | | | | | | (_| |  __/ (_| |
  \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|  \__, |_| \_/ \___|  \__,_|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|\__,_|
                      __/ |
                     |___/
  
       _____  ____    ____  _   _  ____    __  __    __    _  _  _  _
      (  _  )( ___)  (_  _)( )_( )( ___)  (  \/  )  /__\  ( \( )( \/ )
       )(_)(  )__)     )(   ) _ (  )__)    )    (  /(__)\  )  (  \  /
      (_____)(__)     (__) (_) (_)(____)  (_/\/\_)(__)(__)(_)\_) (__)
  
  
  8 8888888888       .8.           ,o888888o.    8 8888888888     d888888o.
  8 8888            .888.         8888     `88.  8 8888         .`8888:' `88.
  8 8888           :88888.     ,8 8888       `8. 8 8888         8.`8888.   Y8
  8 8888          . `88888.    88 8888           8 8888         `8.`8888.
  8 888888888888 .8. `88888.   88 8888           8 888888888888  `8.`8888.
  8 8888        .8`8. `88888.  88 8888           8 8888           `8.`8888.
  8 8888       .8' `8. `88888. 88 8888           8 8888            `8.`8888.
  8 8888      .8'   `8. `88888.`8 8888       .8' 8 8888        8b   `8.`8888.
  8 8888     .888888888. `88888.  8888     ,88'  8 8888        `8b.  ;8.`8888
  8 8888    .8'       `8. `88888.  `8888888P'    8 888888888888 `Y8888P ,88P'
  
  
                            @@@@@@   @@@@@@@@
                           @@@@@@@@  @@@@@@@@
                           @@!  @@@  @@!
                           !@!  @!@  !@!
                           @!@  !@!  @!!!:!
                           !@!  !!!  !!!!!:
                           !!:  !!!  !!:
                           :!:  !:!  :!:
                           ::::: ::   ::
                            : :  :    :
  
  
                .|';             '||`          ||    ||
                ||    ''          ||           ||    ||
               '||'   ||  .|''|,  ||  .|''|, ''||''  ||
                ||    ||  ||  ||  ||  ||..||   ||
               .||.  .||. `|..|| .||. `|...    `|..' ||
                              ||
                           `..|'
  
  

  The above were picked from a list of 163 fonts, the ones I have installed at the time of writing. If you like, witness Beauty lies in the eYe of the beholder typeset in all 163 fonts, many of which are exquisite, bizarre, or both.

  Figlet has a home. Go forth and render!

•     {\{\       ,                    /}/}    
  { \ \.--.  \\        ,         / / }   
  {  /` , "\_//        \\   .-=.( (   }  
  {  \__\ ,--'          \'--"   `\\_.---,='
  {_/   _ ;-.           '-,  \__/       \___
   /  '.___/            .-'.-.'       \___.'
   |  __ /             / // /-..___,-`--'
  `=\    \`\            `" `"            
    `/  / /                             
     '././        Created by Joan Stark, aka `jgs'.
  

  I find the frilly design of Joan's site a less than satisfactory accompaniment to her beautiful ASCII artworks, but it is not big a deal.

• Marilyn Monroe in realistic style (click for viewing). This kind of image is usually made by automatic conversion from a gif, jpeg, or other format image, and presented (and created) in reverse video (light characters, dark background). The background than plays the role of shadowy parts in the image, thus creating an illusion of depth.

•           d888888b                         d888888b
    d888    8888b                    d888888   888b
  d88    88  898888b               d8888  888     88b
  d8P        88888888b             d88888888888     b8b
  88        8888888888             88888888888       88
  88       88888888888             8888888888        88
  98b     88888888888P             988888888        d8P
  988     888  8888P      _=_      9888898  88    88P
    9888   888888P      q(-_-)p       98888    888P
       9888888P         '_) (_`         9888888P
          88            /__/  \            88
          88          _(<_>  

•          /  \~~~/  \
  ,----(     ..    )
  /      \__     __/
  /|         (\  |(
  ^ \   /___\  /\ |   hjw
  |__|   |__|-"
  

•    -o)           
  /\\            oo
  _\_V          ^(--)^
  

• .-----------.-----------.-----------.-----------.-----------.-----------.
  :           :      !    :        :           :           :           :
  :           :       !   :     )     :   ,_      :           :           :
  :           :    O   !  :    -\>'   :   _\ \O   :   #####   :      ?    :
  :    __O  ! :   /\,     :   (*/*)   :  (*\'<_>

  This was made by me for a former collegue who had a bike accident and did not remember one bit about it. Luckily he recovered well. I modified several existing bikers and added the last two pictures. Apologies for the missing attributions.

• More ASCII art examples are to appear here (but the rate at which they appear is awfully slow).

Source site: http://www.micans.org/stijn/ascii/index.html