Big Text
Letters drawn with blocks
Input
Result
█████ ██ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ███ ███ █ █ █ ██ ████ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ███ █ █ █ ███ ███ ██ █ █ ███ ██
See supported characters
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
Anything not listed here is shown as an empty box, never swapped for a different character.
The shape only lines up in a monospace font. Your text is never sent to a server.
How to use
Turns short text into large letters drawn out of characters (ASCII art). Choose the fill character and the spacing, and save the result as a text file. Nothing you type is uploaded.
When to use it
- Making an announcement stand out in a chat or terminal where you cannot enlarge the font.
- Adding a section banner to code comments or a README.
- Dressing up a short message such as a birthday greeting.
How to use it
- Type Latin letters, digits and symbols into the text box; line breaks are kept.
- Pick a fill character, or type one of your own.
- Adjust the spacing and check the result.
- Copy it, or press Save as text file.
Good to know
- It only lines up in a monospace font. Pasted into a proportional font, the rows drift apart. Terminals, code editors and some chat windows are monospace.
- Unsupported characters are left as empty boxes rather than swapped for something else, and you are told which ones were missing.
- Korean and Chinese characters are not supported: they carry too many strokes to stay legible on a small grid, so a half-hearted imitation is not offered.
- Very long input is truncated, and the tool says so along with the limits.
- Press "show supported characters" to see exactly what can be drawn.
Frequently asked questions
Why no Korean or Chinese?
A single character there combines many strokes, and drawn out of characters it becomes an unreadable blob. Saying plainly that it is unsupported beats handing you something that only pretends to work.
The shape falls apart when I paste it.
The destination is not using a monospace font, so each character has a different width and the rows no longer align. Terminals, code editors and some chat apps display it correctly.
Which fill character works best?
On screen, solid characters such as # or █ read clearly. For print or code comments, something lighter like * or = fits better. You can also type any single character of your own.
Can I turn a photo into character art?
Yes — the photo to text art tool does that, mapping the brightness of the picture onto character density.