✨ Features#

• 🔍️ High-resolution ASCII image conversion
• 📏 Supports variable-width (non-monospace) characters
• 🎨 Full color rendering support
• 🧵 Preserves character anti-aliasing for smoother output
• 🧩 Modular and easy to extend
• 📦 Lightweight with minimal dependencies
• 🖼️ Supports PNG / JPG
• 💻 CLI + Library usage

🖼️ Gallery (Monospace)#

Example results generated using this library.

Filters Preview#

Edge Trace	Depth Shade	Contour Shade

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🖼️ Gallery (Non-Monospace)#

Example results generated using this library.

Filters Preview#

Edge Trace	Depth Shade	Contour Shade

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🚀 Installation#

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git clone https://github.com/Kolyn090/real-ascii.git
2
cd real-ascii
3
pip install -r requirements.txt

🧭 Detail#

Edge Trace ASCII Filter

Edge Detection + ASCII character matching

🖼️ Go to gallery to see more examples!

Depth Shade ASCII Filter

Each shading (gradient) level has its own set of characters. Just need to change one value (thresholds_gamma) to make the algorithm automatically distinguish the gradient level for your!

🖼️ Go to gallery to see more examples!

Contour Shade ASCII Filter

Shade around the edges.

🖼️ Go to gallery to see more examples!

⭐ Image Credit:

• girl with pearl earring by Johannes Vermeer (Wikipedia)
• tsunami by hokusai (Wikipedia)
• monalisa by Leonardo da Vinci (Wikipedia)
• flamingo
• sunflower