Ascii Art Generator

Converts images to ASCII art text files.

Requirements for Usage

• Python 2.7.x
• OpenCV-Python (how to install)
• Numpy

Optional

• Gedit - Best text editor I've found to view the resulting text files

Usage

Windows, OSX & Linux

• Change to directory and run on terminal/command-line:

./ascii_art.py *image_file*

or

python ascii_art.py *image_file*

• Resulting files are output as text files to the same directory as the image. Use a text editor to view the results. You may need to drastically reduce the font size and linespacing. Suggested font is "Monospace," though if that is unavailable, most fonts should produce acceptable results.

Examples

Original Image

Generated ASCII Art (viewed using "Monospace" font in Gedit, 4pt font size)

"Zoomed" version of above (font enlarged to 10pt)