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Image to ASCII Art

Turn a photo into a picture made of text characters. Nothing is uploaded.

Drop a photo here

or click to choose. Simple, high-contrast photos work best.

Make ASCII art from a photo

ASCII art draws a picture with letters and symbols. Each character stands for how bright that part of the photo is. Wider output keeps more detail, and the monospace preview shows the result as it will look when pasted.

Questions

Why does it look stretched?

Text characters are taller than they are wide. The tool allows for this, but the result looks best in a monospace font with a small line height.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. The art is made in your browser.