ascii-art-generator

ASCIIArt Generator class generate ascii-art for input image.

Only supported on mono-type fonts because the font padding calculation isn't yet implemented.

[written in c++, microsoft visualstudio 2019 Community Edition.]

used stb lib for reading, writing, resizing image and reading font files.

Example image used is taken from unsplash.com submitted by Chris Lee.

ascii-art example :

#include "image.h"
#include "fontrender.h"
#include "pixelbrightness.h"
#include "asciiart.h"

int main()
{
	/*
	uses default font:
	"./fonts/RobotoMono-Regular.ttf
	currently only support mono fonts.
	*/
	FontRender robotoDefault;

	Image plant("../out/photo_1.jpg");
	plant.resizeWrtWidth(80);

	ASCIIArt art(&plant, &robotoDefault);
	art.outputPath = "../out/art.txt";
	art.generateArt();
}

input

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output

with image width 300