AsciiArt

Command Line Options

[] => required argument

{} => optional argument

Show help

• asciiart -h or asciiart --help

Draw an image

• asciiart -i [image path] {image width}

Draw a video

• asciiart -v [path] {video width} {sleep between frames in ms}

Live Capture

• asciiart -l {video width} or asciiart --live {video width}

Draw Text

• -asciiart -t [text] {fontname}

  • New fonts can be added and used by providing its path in the {fontname} parameter

  • [Download new fonts here]

• asciiart --fonts

  • Lists all font names

• asciiart -t -r [text]

  • Draw text with a random font

• asciiart -t -d [text]

  • Draw text with the default decoration

• asciiart -t --decorate [text]

  • Draw text with a custom decoration