Versatile Unicode, ANSI & ASCII Art editor for the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 color support and custom themes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD


Calligraphy is described as 'Turns short texts into large, impressive banners made up of ASCII Characters, ready to be copied or exported to images. Spice up your online conversations by adding some extra oompf to your messages' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Calligraphy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Calligraphy alternative is Monodraw. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Playscii or Letterpress ASCII. Other great apps like Calligraphy are Ascii Generator 2, PabloDraw, MonoSketch and ASCII Art Paint.
Versatile Unicode, ANSI & ASCII Art editor for the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 color support and custom themes.


ASCIIator is a free and easy-to-use tool to generate colored ASCII art from images. Simply upload an image and tweak the options to get the output ASCII image you want.
