ASCII Text Drawer
Turn a short label into compact ASCII art for a README, terminal message, code comment, or plain-text post without loading a font from another site.
A QUICK WALKTHROUGH
How to use this tool
- Enter up to 200 printable US-ASCII characters; lowercase letters are drawn as uppercase.
- Choose an ink style and a maximum monospaced line width from 20 to 160 columns.
- Draw the banner, check the fixed-width result, then copy it or download a UTF-8 text file.
A small local ASCII typeface
This tool uses original built-in 5 × 5 letterforms and never fetches a FIGlet font or sends your text to a service. It accepts printable 7-bit US-ASCII code points from space (0x20) through tilde (0x7E), plus line breaks. Letters A–Z, digits, space, and common punctuation are drawn; other printable characters use the visible question-mark fallback.
Fixed-width output you can trust
The generated banner uses only spaces plus the selected ASCII ink character (#, @, or *). It needs a monospaced font to retain its shape. The preview uses one, and copied or downloaded lines trim unused trailing padding by default; turn on Keep trailing spaces only when a receiving plain-text format requires every column.
GOOD TO KNOW
Common questions
Is this a full FIGlet font generator?
No. It is a deliberately small, self-contained ASCII banner drawer with one 5 × 5 typeface and three ink styles. It does not load third-party font files or support FIGlet smushing rules.
Why are emoji or accented letters rejected?
They are Unicode characters outside the documented 7-bit US-ASCII input range. Restricting the input keeps each source character and output column predictable in terminals and plain-text editors.
Will the drawing look right after I paste it?
It will when the destination preserves spaces and uses a monospaced font. Proportional fonts, rich-text editors, and automatic whitespace trimming can change its alignment.