With the development of software for graphics forget gradually, as has been before. Black screens and among them white / gray font ... That was the reality. All text, diagrams and drawings were presented with ASCII characters. Today, there are plenty of people who prefer the presentation of their thoughts, instead of do not know what the projects are dependent on whether the program in which they were created. They represent the art is known as ASCII Art. In this article I intend to provide you with the tools provided with our system you can easily create great drawings in standard ASCII.

In Linux, there are several mechanisms for converting image files to ASCII characters. Most of these libraries is based on AA, so their ability to function depends only on what the authors have provided, the effects of work are very similar. Let's start with the best tools in my opinion - AView. The program should be available in each dystrybycji in Debian Woody is for sure, so install it to a standard:

# Apt-get install aview

The first time you start up pragramu you want to perform an operation on a PNG file, the program returns a message:

Invalid magic-not p? M family format

The man can learn to take on PNM files, so we have already adequately prepare such a file. This will help us to Gimp. When you do have loaded an appropriate figure or simply ready to save the file to this format.

We return to our AViewa. After loading the file, our eyes will be postponed at the ascii picture. Now we can make slight changes in our work. To that end, press the key "u" and, in the right upper corner of the menu options will appear. What I propose is, above all, the inclusion of 8-bit ASCII, which significantly improves our image. You can even turn off the 2 - Half bright, which will reduce the "shadows" and, as a result of the clearer the result.

Once you are satisfied with the settings you can save your file. Use the "s". In the menu you have several options - txt, html clean, and as the authors called Nescapeized html. Of course, the choice is yours.