Fansi

Fansi is a Python library that makes formatting, colouring and adding emojis to terminal printouts easy.

Installation

pip install fansi

To uninstall: pip uninstall fansi

Usage

First steps

First, include fansi in your script:

from fansi import fansi

Then, instead of print() statements, use fansi.say().

fansi.say("This string can have fansi formatting!")

If you want to generate a formatted string without printing it, use fansi.format().

a = fansi.format("Here's a string ::blue:: formatted with Ansi characters! ::end:: It's partly blue!")

Basic formatting

To add italics, use _tags_ or *tags*. To add bolding, use __tags__ or **tags**. To add bolding and italics, use ___tags___ or ***tags***.

For example:

fansi.say("This _text will be italicised_. This text will be **bolded**. ___This text will be both___.")

Inline tagging

You can add Ansi formatting characters inline, affecting the colour or emphasis of your text, using ::tags:: To reset the formatting, use the ::end:: tag.

For example:

fansi.say("This text will be normal. ::green bold italics:: This text will be green, bold and italicised. ::end:: This text will be back to normal.")

Global tags

Fansi tags can also be added to the entire string.

For example: fansi.say("This text will be magenta on a blue background.", "magenta bg-blue")

Emojis

You can also add any emoji, using :tags:. Long and shortnames work.

For example:

fansi.say("Here are some :poop: emojis! :panda_face::tiger::cat:")'

That's it!

Appendix: Fansi tags

Tag	Description
bold	Bold text
italics	Italicised text
underline	Underlined text
blink	Blinking text (don't)
invisible	Invisible text
--------------	-----------------------
black	Black text
red	Red text
green	Green text
yellow	Yellow text
blue	Blue text
magenta	Magenta text
cyan	Cyan text
white	White text
--------------	-----------------------
bg-black	Black background
bg-red	Red background
bg-green	Green background
bg-yellow	Yellow background
bg-blue	Blue background
bg-magenta	Magenta background
bg-cyan	Cyan background
bg-white	White background