PNG to ASCII Art Converter

Turn any PNG into ASCII art

Drop a PNG into the converter and it is sampled into a grid of characters, light to dark, that recreates your image as text. Everything runs locally in your browser — your PNG is never uploaded to a server.

Why PNG works well

PNG keeps sharp edges and flat colour without compression noise, so logos, icons and screenshots convert cleanly. PNGs with transparency are handled too: fully transparent pixels become spaces, keeping the silhouette crisp.

Get a clean result

• Use a PNG with strong contrast and a clear subject.
• Start at 80–120 characters wide, then adjust.
• Raise contrast if the output looks grey and muddy.
• Switch charset for a denser or lighter style.

When you are happy, copy the text, download a TXT, or export a PNG/SVG — including a coloured version that keeps the original tones.

Back to the PNG converter

How to use it

1. Open the converter and drop your PNG in. Files with transparency keep their silhouette, because fully transparent pixels become spaces.
2. Start at 80 to 120 characters wide for a logo or icon, and go narrower for anything you intend to paste into chat.
3. Raise contrast until the shape reads clearly, then pick a ramp that suits the style you want.
4. Copy the text or export PNG, SVG or coloured output.

Tips for a better result

• PNG is the best input format for this because it is lossless: no JPEG ringing around edges to turn into speckled characters.
• Flat-colour graphics such as logos, icons and UI screenshots convert far more cleanly than photographs.
• A PNG with a transparent background usually beats one with a white background, since transparency maps to blank space instead of dense characters.
• Screenshots of text rarely convert well. The letters are already smaller than one output character.