Characters have weight.
A dot feels light. An @ feels heavy. Image palettes go from sparse to dense; dark pixels get the heavier characters.
THE LITTLE CHARACTER LAB
Small characters.
Big ideas.
Turn a word, a little doodle, or your favorite photo into something worth copying.
100% local No sign-up Just ASCIIA little character.
Original studio doodles. Edit any character. Printable ASCII only; tabs expand to four spaces. Maximum 240 columns, 120 lines, 28,800 cells.
Pixels, meet letters.
Never uploaded. Up to 24 megapixels and 12,000 px per side. Transparent pixels are composited on white. EXIF orientation is applied by the browser once. Animated files use the first frame.
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2-64 unique printable ASCII characters. Put sparse characters first, dense ones last. A space is optional.
Spaces form the background. Letters/numbers-only palettes use only those characters plus spaces and line breaks.
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MONOSPACE / PLAIN TEXT / ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
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A QUICK FIELD GUIDE
A few tiny tips.
More is more. Sometimes.
More columns add detail and make wider art. Start around 80-100. High-contrast images with a clear subject work best.
Give your letters space.
Paste into a monospaced font and keep every space. Image proportions account for tall character cells. PNG keeps the studio's exact spacing.