Note. edit: The title of the section is a little inappropriate for this
text, but since I named the section in the first issue `History
ASCII-1`, then there was nothing left to do but make the name `Original
ria ASCII-2`.
ASCII Pic ASCII Pic - one of the simplest and most convenient
programs for converting graphic drawings into text ones.
The latest version ofASCII Piccan be found on the website
w3.to/5679soft. Convenient and simple program interface
allows you to easily select the source graphic file in
BMP format and the target text file, after which you can
start the transformation. DisadvantageASCII Pic - too
large sizes of the resulting text image:
the program producespixel to text translation
drawing without any scaling. Thus,
a graphic drawing measuring 80x25 pixels will be
represent a text image on the entire screen.
Of course, if you are not creating it for programs that run in
text mode, then the results of the programASCII Pic
may satisfy you.
PCX2AUSI PCX2AUSI - just one graphic translation program
drawings to text. In addition to converting to ASCII images,
The program is also focused on translation into AUSI format. As already
mentioned, AUSI files contain special codes that
allow you to use color when displaying text
file. To correctly view a file created with
using AUSI sequences, it is necessary
special driver ansi.sys, supplied with earlier
MS DOS versions. There are also special programs
viewing AUSI files. The advantages of PCX2AUSI are
scaling of the original drawing and wide possibilities for
settings, including installing a setsymbols, palette
when transmitting the colors of the drawing and specifying the font for generation
the resulting text file. The disadvantages can be
attributed to working on the command line and not very good
results when using color images. For
obtaining optimal conversion and results
scaling it is recommended to set the size
source graphic file within 320x200. The last one
The version of the program can be found at whg.da.ru.
Program Warlock - more than just a text converter
files. This is a powerful "graphical" text editor
images. The program contains a set of graphic
primitives (such as rectangle, circle, filled
rectangle, filled circle, line, pencil, eraser,
filling the area). Warlock provides the ability to dial
text using a variety of fonts. Besides this
the program implements a clipboard, and you can work
with sections of the drawing, marking them and removing them from the buffer.
There is a "magnifying glass" function when editing. Eatoperations of rotation, shifting, horizontal and
vertical display of the selected area of the picture. B
Warlock provides a choice of the symbol that will be
rendering is carried out using a graphic primitive, as well as
the color of the symbol itself and the background color. To simplify the process
You can use a grid for drawing. Program Warlock
is also used to convert a graphic design into
text. Warlock supports import of graphic files into
BMP and PCX formats, as well as in a less common format
PAW. When importing, you can specify the conversion quality
picture, brightness level and some other options
(for example, the set of characters used to transmit
pattern, or the brightness of individual color components).
The program, however, does not support full color
images, and, for example, a 24-bit image in the format
BMP will be converted to grayscale before conversion to
text drawing. In addition to graphic images, Warlock
can import text pictures in various formats,
including a plain text file and a file using
sequencesAUSI. Exporting a text image
can be produced into text files (in this case, the
information about the color of the picture), files with
AUSI sequences, source code in Assembly language,
C or Pascal (which is extremely convenient if you are a programmer and
want to use a text splash screen in your program),
as well as some other formats. EditorWarlock
is perhaps the most powerful and convenient editor
text drawings, providing tools for both creating
drawings "from scratch", and for transformation and subsequent
editing graphic images. This program
is located at the following address:
http://eeggs.narod.ru/home/ascii/warlock.rar
FIGlet FIGlet - the most common and most common
the program used to create inscriptions in the form
ASCII drawings. There are versions of FIGlet almost under
all known computer platforms, there is even a Web version,
allowing you to work using only a browser. For
creationlabels FIGlet uses special
ASCII fonts are marked in separate files. Collections
fonts forFIGletcan be found in large quantities on
many sites dedicated to ASCII-art. Various versions
FIGlet for different platforms, as well as links to archives
fonts and other similarFIGlet programs can be found on
developer's website FIGlet. If you need to do
any inscription or heading in a text document and you
if you want them to look impressive, use
FIGlet.
GIFscii This is one, probably as common as
and FIGlet, the program is GIFscii - converter from
graphic file in GIF format into a text picture. B
unlike other similar programs (for example, ASCII Pic),GIFscii provides scaling capabilities
text drawing, its inversion, enlargement and much more
other. Moreover, the results obtained when using
GIFscii, often look much better than with
using other similar programs. The only one
The disadvantage of GIFscii is that it works in text mode and
truly Spartan interface (more precisely, almost complete
its absence). The program GIFscii is distributed on many
sites related to ASCII-art, for example, on an FTP server. B
Internet there are a huge number of sites dedicated to
ASCII-art and similar manifestations of cyber art. Among them
there are websites of the ASCII artists themselves, the contents of the collection
original, author's works. Another category of sites
ASCII-art are rich collections of text drawings
various authors dedicated to a specific topic,
and just “stay away” ASCII. By the way, with the help of ASCII
Even cartoons and comics are made. Despite everything
the increasing dominance of HTML overin plain text in
Internet (even in the "stronghold and cradle" of ASCII-art -
e-mails), text pictures all still keep their
charm and a certain nostalgia for veterans
computer technology, and for the new "generation
Internet". And although ASCII drawings will never prevail
above graphics, there are many uses for them, and
even on Internet. Despite the official statement
Microsoft,that the art of text drawings is dead for
Network, many ASCII artists firmly believe: "ASCII art is alive
and everything is still in demand!”
Information taken from the site Submarine.ru
Corrected technical text by ABS Group 2004
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