48 ASCII art styles

From classic keyboard glyphs to glowing phosphor screens — every style works for text prompts, photo transformations, and video. Pick one to see prompt ideas and community art.

Classic ASCII ASCII art style example

Classic ASCII

Keyboard characters, grey on black

Block Shading ASCII art style example

Block Shading

Chunky shaded block elements

Box Drawing ASCII art style example

Box Drawing

Line art from bars and corners

Braille Dots ASCII art style example

Braille Dots

Fine dot-matrix braille cells

Binary ASCII art style example

Binary

Only ones and zeros

Hex Dump ASCII art style example

Hex Dump

Columns of hex digits

Letters Only ASCII art style example

Letters Only

Alphabet letters as shading

Numerals ASCII art style example

Numerals

Digits 0–9 only

Punctuation ASCII art style example

Punctuation

Dots, commas, and marks

Code Art ASCII art style example

Code Art

Syntax-highlighted source code

Kaomoji ASCII art style example

Kaomoji

Text emoticon faces as tiles

Symbol Mosaic ASCII art style example

Symbol Mosaic

Stars, diamonds, circles, triangles

Green Phosphor ASCII art style example

Green Phosphor

Glowing green CRT terminal

Amber Phosphor ASCII art style example

Amber Phosphor

Warm amber monochrome CRT

ANSI Color ASCII art style example

ANSI Color

Classic 16-color terminal glyphs

Rainbow Text ASCII art style example

Rainbow Text

Multicolor gradient glyphs

Paper Printout ASCII art style example

Paper Printout

Dot-matrix ink on printer paper

Typewriter ASCII art style example

Typewriter

Inked letters on cream paper

Teletext ASCII art style example

Teletext

Blocky 8-color screen mosaic

Digital Rain ASCII art style example

Digital Rain

Falling columns of green glyphs

CRT Scanlines ASCII art style example

CRT Scanlines

Curved screen, heavy scanlines

Blueprint ASCII art style example

Blueprint

White glyphs on cyanotype blue

LCD Display ASCII art style example

LCD Display

Grey-green handheld pixel screen

Neon Terminal ASCII art style example

Neon Terminal

Glowing cyan and magenta glyphs

Vaporwave ASCII art style example

Vaporwave

Pink, purple, and teal 90s text

Ocean Terminal ASCII art style example

Ocean Terminal

Cool blue and teal dark palette

Receipt Paper ASCII art style example

Receipt Paper

Thermal receipt dot text

Punch Card ASCII art style example

Punch Card

Punched holes on manila card

Chalkboard ASCII art style example

Chalkboard

White chalk on green board

Cyberpunk Terminal ASCII art style example

Cyberpunk Terminal

Gritty red/cyan hacker HUD

Minimal ASCII art style example

Minimal

Sparse glyphs, lots of space

Dense ASCII art style example

Dense

Fine grid, rich shading

Halftone ASCII art style example

Halftone

Glyph size mimics halftone dots

High Contrast ASCII art style example

High Contrast

Strict two-tone bold shapes

Outline ASCII art style example

Outline

Contours from slashes and pipes

3D ASCII ASCII art style example

3D ASCII

Extruded isometric shaded faces

Banner Text ASCII art style example

Banner Text

Giant block-letter lettering

ASCII Logo

Emblem with a clean border frame

Text Portrait ASCII art style example

Text Portrait

Photoreal face from tiny glyphs

Text Mosaic ASCII art style example

Text Mosaic

Image built from whole words

Roguelike Map ASCII art style example

Roguelike Map

Dungeon tiles with sparse color

ASCII Diagram ASCII art style example

ASCII Diagram

Flowchart boxes and arrows

Pixel Grid ASCII art style example

Pixel Grid

Each glyph cell is one pixel

Glitch ASCII art style example

Glitch

Corrupted, shifted text rows

Retro BBS ASCII art style example

Retro BBS

90s bulletin-board ANSI screen

Demoscene ASCII art style example

Demoscene

Smooth ANSI gradients and flourishes

Text Mode ASCII art style example

Text Mode

Plain 80x25 grey-on-black screen

Grayscale ASCII art style example

Grayscale

Soft greyscale tonal shading