X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1a90b9ecfe6c8a9e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-21 02:11:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rsm1.occa.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: giznad Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Is there a program that... Message-ID: <0de3jt46gsnlvl9vpdq82otd42gagrei36@4ax.com> References: <9grkir$4p9$1@news.inet.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 41 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:11:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.16.172.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rsm1.occa.home.com 993114677 24.16.172.74 (Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:11:17 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:11:17 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6324 very cool. thanks from an ascii-newbie -giznad On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 04:02:07 +0200, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" wrote: > >> Im looking for a program that will convert plain text into ASCII >> grafitti style text (i.e. replacing characters with extended >> characters etc.) >> >> anyone know of any such thing? > >There is figlet , which can be found many places - I use >www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ > >> also, i found a program that will convert gifs and jpgs into ascii >> images but there were many programs to choose from with varying >> qualities. is there one that stands out as the best ascii converter? > >IMO the best currently is Jave ( www.jave.de ) and this is partly due to the >input from this group and that Markus that programs it is such a nice guy, >eventhough we are so demanding of his program. > >If you find a better .. please let us know. >There is currently a content going on which is also being hosted on www.jave.de >to determine the best image->ascii converter (but it's still not done .. mostly >because people forget sending in submissions of converted pictures - I will >submit some soon myself using jave and some others). > >Jave also includes a figlet tool, it's a great place to start if you're a >ascii-newbie. It works just like a image-editor .. a very advanced one i might >add - Even Photoshop don't have some of the things jave can do like f.x >bezierlines (btw .. was that my suggestion ? I submitted so many I can't >remember them all) > >Sincerly >CeeJay >