Image to ASCII Art
Turn a photo into text-based ASCII art. Adjust the level of detail, export as plain text or colored HTML.
Frequently asked questions
What determines how detailed the ASCII art looks?
The width (columns) slider — more columns means more characters sampled from the image, producing finer detail at the cost of a wider block of text.
Can I get colored ASCII art, not just grayscale?
Yes, toggle "Colored" and download as HTML — each character is wrapped in a colored span matching its sampled pixel color. Plain .txt export is always grayscale, since plain text can’t carry color.
Why does the art look squashed or stretched?
Monospace character cells are roughly twice as tall as they are wide, so the tool compensates automatically when calculating rows from your chosen column count — this is already handled for you.