ASCII Art Text Generator

ASCII Art uses printable characters from the ASCII standard (letters, numbers, and punctuation) to create graphic images or stylized text. Before emojis and high-resolution screens, this was the primary way to add visual flair to bulletin board systems (BBS), documents, and early internet forums.

This generator focuses on 'Banner' style art, transforming standard input text into large, block-letter graphics constructed entirely from characters like #, /, \, and _.

The generator uses a font mapping algorithm to construct the final output:

• Step 1: Mapping. The input string is split into individual characters.
• Step 2: Lookup. Each character is matched against a pre-defined dictionary of 5-line high character grids.
• Step 3: Concatenation. The tool iterates through the 5 lines (rows), joining the corresponding row of each character to form a continuous line of text.

Characters not found in the dictionary are replaced with a space or a generic placeholder.