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Is there a command line program or library that turns image files into ASCII art?

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Is there such a thing? I would like to use it in a Ruby program.

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dan Avatar asked Jun 28 '11 17:06

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Try this http://csl.sublevel3.org/jp2a/

Also, there may be some stuff with Imagemagick

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EdH Avatar answered Oct 18 '22 16:10

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There's jp2a which converts jpegs. It's pretty cool!

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tjm Avatar answered Oct 18 '22 15:10

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