asciiart

Read an image from a file and print in ASCII

$ asciiart [path/to/image.jpg]

$ asciiart [www.example.com/image.jpg]

$ asciiart -w [50] [path/to/image.jpg]

$ asciiart -c [path/to/image.jpg]

$ asciiart -f [text|html] [path/to/image.jpg]

$ asciiart -i [path/to/image.jpg]

asciiart [options] image

asciiart converts images to ASCII art, rendering pictures using text characters. It analyzes the brightness of each region in the image and maps it to appropriate ASCII characters.
The tool supports reading images from local files or URLs and can output plain text or HTML. Color output uses ANSI escape codes for terminal display.

-w, --width n

Set the output width in characters (default: 100)

Enable colorized output using ANSI codes

Output format: text (default) or html

Invert the character mapping (swap light and dark)

Output quality depends on the terminal font and character width. Monospace fonts produce the best results. HTML output can be viewed in web browsers for better color support. Very wide images may wrap in terminals.

jp2a(1), img2txt(1), figlet(1)