Every character
in its right place.
ASCII art is one of the oldest digital aesthetics — a set of workarounds that became a style. These tools exist to bring it into the browser, where the constraints that defined the form are the point: fixed-width type, the character grid, monochrome origins. One tool lets you draw and animate from scratch. The other converts images, GIFs, and video into ASCII automatically. No plugins, no servers. Everything runs in your browser.
Tools
HALFTXT Generator
Drop an image, GIF, or video and get ASCII art back immediately. Frames are extracted in the browser and converted using a luminance-to-character mapping. Adjust the character ramp, width, brightness, and contrast, then export the result as an animated HTML file, a video, or copy a single frame to your clipboard.
- JPEG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, and video input
- Preset character sets: standard, extended, blocks, minimal
- Per-frame brightness and contrast controls
- Export to WebM, MP4, standalone HTML, or .txt
HALFTXT Animator
Draw animations frame by frame on a character grid, then play them back or export them. Type directly onto the canvas, reorder frames on the filmstrip, and use onion skinning to stay oriented across frames. When you're done, export as a self-contained HTML file, a WebM or MP4 video, or plain text.
- Draw directly on a character grid, up to 360 × 360
- Filmstrip navigation with drag-to-reorder
- Onion skinning across up to 4 frames in each direction
- Export to standalone HTML, WebM, MP4, or .txt
- Re-import any HTML file previously exported