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Text Art - ASCII Art Copy and Paste

Text art, also known as ASCII art, is a creative form of visual expression that uses text characters to create pictures and designs. Our collection features over 30 ready-to-copy text art pieces organized into categories including animals, faces, symbols, objects, and decorative borders. Every piece copies to your clipboard with a single click.

History of ASCII Art

ASCII art dates back to the early days of computing in the 1960s and 1970s, when graphical displays were extremely limited. Early computer users and programmers discovered they could create visual representations using only the characters available on their keyboards. The art form flourished on bulletin board systems (BBS) in the 1980s, Usenet newsgroups in the 1990s, and continues to thrive today in online communities, especially on Discord, Reddit, and gaming platforms.

Types of Text Art

Line art uses basic characters like slashes, backslashes, pipes, and dashes to draw outlines and shapes. This is the most common style and works well at small sizes.

Block art uses dense characters like asterisks, pound signs, and at symbols to fill in shapes with solid blocks of text.

Decorative borders and dividers are single-line or multi-line patterns used to frame text, separate sections, or add visual flair to messages and posts.

Tips for Using Text Art

  • Use monospace fonts - Text art is designed for fixed-width fonts. In Discord, wrap art in triple backticks (```) for proper display.
  • Check the platform - Some platforms like Twitter use proportional fonts that may break alignment. Test before posting.
  • Keep it small - Smaller art pieces work better across more platforms and screen sizes.
  • Discord code blocks - Wrap text art in ``` for perfect monospace rendering in Discord.
  • Reddit formatting - Indent each line with 4 spaces to create a code block on Reddit.

Looking for text-based emoticons instead? Check out our Lenny Face collection or Japanese Kaomoji for single-line text faces. For symbol characters, browse our cool symbols collection or try the main fancy text generator for 50+ font styles.

Frequently Asked Questions

Text art (also called ASCII art) is a form of visual art that uses text characters to create pictures and designs. It originated in the early days of computing when graphics were limited, and artists used letters, numbers, and symbols to draw images. Today text art is popular on social media, messaging apps, and forums as a creative way to share visual content using only text.
Click the "Copy" button on any text art piece on this page and it will be instantly copied to your clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere using Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on Mac). The formatting and spacing will be preserved.
Text art works best on platforms that use monospace fonts or preserve whitespace formatting. It displays well in Discord (using code blocks), Reddit (using code formatting), email, and most messaging apps. On some platforms like Twitter or Instagram, the spacing may not align perfectly because they use proportional fonts.
Text art is designed to be viewed in a monospace (fixed-width) font like Courier New, Consolas, or the default terminal font. In monospace fonts, every character takes up the same width, so the art lines up properly. When pasting into Discord, wrap your art in triple backticks (```) to force monospace display.
Yes! Discord is one of the best platforms for text art. Wrap your text art in triple backticks (```) to display it in a code block with monospace font. This preserves the spacing and alignment perfectly. You can also use single backticks for inline code formatting.