AsciiWriter

About asciiWriter

A python library to draw with plain text in ASCII art style (but with Unicode).

Install

$ pip3 install asciiwriter

Links

• https://pypi.org/project/asciiWriter/
• https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb/asciiWriter
• https://vvvvvvaria.org/plaintext-partyline/
• asciiWriter/sinus.py
• https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Data_Workers_Publication
• https://darc.au.dk/publications/peer-reviewed-newspaper#c40171
• https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb/data-workers-publication

Gallery

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  Plaintext Partyline, made by Varia/Manetta Berends, https://varia.zone/en/plaintext-partyline.html

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  Peer-reviewed Newspaper Vol 10 No 1 (2021): RESEARCH REFUSAL, made by OSP/Gijs de Heij, https://darc.au.dk/publications/peer-reviewed-newspaper#c40171

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  KASK Open Design workshop, example for posters made with plain text, made by OSP/Gijs de Heij

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  Cover of the Data Workers publication, made by Manetta Berends for Algolit, https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Data_Workers_Publication

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  Screenshot of the Data Workers publication previewed in plain text, made by Manetta Berends for Algolit, https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/mb/data-workers-publication

Use asciiWriter

marks

With marks you can specify what kind of text you are passing on to asciiWriter.

patterns

You can draw patterns with the following functions.

diagonal(x, y, width, height, mark, blank)

Draw a diagnal line from top left to bottom right.

cross(x, y, width, height, mark, blank)

Draw two diagonals.

horizontal(y)

Draw horizontal line at given Y position.

vertical(x)

Draw a vertical line at given X position.

sinus_vertical(period=0.2, amplitude=0.5, offset_t=0, offset=0)

Draw a sinus shape vertically.

sinus_horizontal(period=0.2, amplitude=0.5, offset_t=0, offset=0)

Draw a sinus shape horizontally.

image(path, threshold=128)

Put marks based on a mask. Requires Pillow to be installed.

$ pip3 install pillow