ASCII art guide

Three looks

Each picture below was made in ASCII art from its own sample, after pressing Try the sample. The table under each one is the whole recipe; everything not listed stays as the page opens.

Green edges

Along the outlines of the letters and their shadow, dashes, slashes and bars follow the direction of each edge. Inside the shapes, the Detailed set fills in by brightness.

Raise Threshold to keep only the sharpest outlines, or turn Draw edges off to compare.

Braille outlines in full colour

A Braille dot marks a pixel brighter than middle grey. The logo's red and blue are darker than that, so on their own they get no dots. With Draw edges on, every pixel on a strong outline gets a dot instead, and the dots take the red and blue of the logo, so the letters and their shadow come out as coloured outlines.

Turn on Invert and the dark pixels fill with dots too, so the letters show as solid shapes. Lower Threshold for thicker outlines.

Terminal colours on a light background

The black parts of the logo get spaces, so the sand shows through. The red letters are fairly dark, so they get light marks such as colons and dashes, each in the nearest terminal red. The blue shadow is darker still and gets dots.

Mono would draw white text here, which barely shows on a light background. Keep a colour mode, or a dark background.