๐ Text to ASCII Art
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Convert short text (up to 20 characters) into a large ASCII art banner built from 5ร5 dot block letters. Choose your own fill character. Useful for making a heading stand out in a README, chat message, or code comment.
How to use
- Enter the text you want to convert (supports Latin letters, digits, and a few symbols, up to 20 characters).
- Specify a single character to use as the fill (default is #).
- The ASCII art is generated automatically โ use "Copy" to copy it.
How the calculation works
This tool turns letters and digits into large ASCII art made of 5 ร 5 dot characters. Each character's shape is a 5-row, 5-column pattern of filled (#) and empty (.) cells. The input is converted to upper case, the patterns are placed side by side, filled cells become the symbol you choose and empty cells become spaces. One blank column separates characters. Supported characters are AโZ, 0โ9, "!", "?", ".", "-" and space, up to 20 characters.
Worked example
Input: HI (fill symbol #) #...#.##### #...#...#.. #####...#.. #...#...#.. #...#.##### (In the real output the dots are spaces.) Useful for README headings, command-line tool banners and decorative code comments.
Things to be aware of
- Lower case is converted to upper case. Other characters, including non-Latin text and unsupported symbols, become blanks.
- Display it in a monospaced font, or the shapes will be distorted.
- Using a full-width character as the fill symbol can break the alignment.
FAQ
Does this support non-Latin text or lowercase letters?
No, the current version only supports Latin letters (A-Z), digits (0-9), and a few symbols (! ? . -). Lowercase input is automatically converted to uppercase.
The generated ASCII art looks distorted when I paste it
Display or paste it using a monospace font (like Courier New) to preserve the correct layout.
Why is there a character limit?
Each character uses 6 columns of width, so very long text would produce an impractically wide banner โ it's capped at 20 characters.