Is there a way to convert ASCII to Text images

hahacc · 04-23-2012, 10:52 PM

Hi guys,
I'm looking for a software to convert ASCII characters to text images, for example:
Convert "sky" into the following:

Code:

################################################################################
#                                                                              #
#                               ####   #    #   #   #                          #
#                             #       #   #     # #                            #
#                             ####   ####       #                              #
#                                #  #  #       #                               #
#                          #    #  #   #      #                                #
#                          ####   #    #     #                                 #
#                                                                              #
################################################################################

Thanks for the help in advance!
PS:
it looks in a mess after pasting, but it should look like this:
http://www.doxer.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1.jpg

Tinkster · 04-23-2012, 11:29 PM

I only know tools that will do the opposite of what I think you want.

Convert an image to ASCII art. Or maybe I don't understand what you want
at all ... can you rephrase your request? =o)

jschiwal · 04-23-2012, 11:53 PM

You could use one of the ImageMagick tools to create a .pnm image of large text, and then use that with the asciiview program. There are websites to produce ASCII art.
I couldn't locate a banner program in my repository.

You could write your own. It used to be common in magazines like compute in the '80s. Each letter could be represented by an array. Print out the first element of each letter array. Then the second elements, etc.

hahacc · 04-24-2012, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

I only know tools that will do the opposite of what I think you want.

Convert an image to ASCII art. Or maybe I don't understand what you want
at all ... can you rephrase your request? =o)

Thanks.
Actually, what I want to do is that, whether there's a program which accepts characters, such as "sky" and then it produces a text image(not image file, but just image text) so that I can put it in /etc/motd. Like this(but it should be text): http://www.doxer.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/1.jpg

anon237 · 04-24-2012, 01:13 AM

Hi,

You cannot put an image in /etc/motd, you can put a banner inside it.

Have a look here: HOWTO: Use the banner (banner.c) Command To Create Login Banners

Hope this helps.

Diantre · 04-24-2012, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hahacc

I'm looking for a software to convert ASCII characters to text images

I think this is what you're looking for: http://www.figlet.org/