Unicode Art

The better ascii art

Examples

Images

uniart mandelbrot.png
uniart mandelbrot.png -m luminance -tbfq
uniart mandelbrot.png -tbf -m double-pixels
uniart mandelbrot.png -tbf -m braille

Each image is a screenshot of a text terminal.

Animations

uniart mandelbrot.gif
uniart mandelbrot.gif -m luminance -tbf
uniart mandelbrot.gif -tbf -m double-pixels
uniart mandelbrot.gif -tbf -m braille

These are real time recordings of the terminal.

Features

• Convert images and gifs to characters on the terminal in one of the following modes:
  • luminance: Uses the luminance of the pixel to determine the character.
  • braille: Uses braille characters to represent the image.
  • pixels: Uses one color per character to represent the image.
  • double-pixels: As above, but uses two pixels per character.
  • edges: Uses edge detection to make edges of objects more visible.
  • shapes: Selects characters that have a similar shape to the represented area of the image.
• Uses given width, or adjusts to the size of the terminal window.
• Can take a custom palette of characters to use.
• Can display images in color. (256 ansi escape sequences color codes, or 24bit true color in some terminals)
• Can be also used in light themed terminals with brightness inversion.