A command line script to turn images into ascii art
- Python 3.4+
- PIL
- skimage
- numpy
python3 asciify.py --help
usage: asciify.py [-h] [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-f FONT] [-s SIZE] [-a ASPECT]
[--boldness BOLDNESS] [-b BACKGROUND] [-c COLOR]
[-r RESCALE]
A script to take in an image and turn it into ascii art!
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
The image to read in and asciify
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Path to an image to write out to. Text will also be
written to this path with a .txt extension substituted
-f FONT, --font FONT The path to the ttf font to use. Traditionally, a
monospace font is preferred. Default is Courier
-s SIZE, --size SIZE, --font-size SIZE
The size of the font, roughly in pixels, to be
overlaid on the image
-a ASPECT, --aspect ASPECT, --font-aspect ASPECT
The preferred aspect ratio of character cells for the
font, as a ratio of width to height. Default is 0.6
--boldness BOLDNESS The boldness of characters the ascii image. Int
greater than 0 representing the number of times each
char is burned onto the image
-b BACKGROUND, --background BACKGROUND
The grayscale background color for the ascii image.
Int between 0 (black) and 255 (white). Default is 255
-c COLOR, --color COLOR, --character-color COLOR
The grayscale color for characters in the ascii image.
Int between 0 (black) and 255 (white). Default is 0
-r RESCALE, --rescale RESCALE, --resize RESCALE
The amount by which to rescale the input image before
fitting characters. Set this above 1 for higher
resolution.
