Re: Which converter was used?
From Ilmari Karonen <use...@vyznev.invalid>
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· 2 Mar 2004 02:20 · View full thread
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Maija Haavisto <mai...@dontspambut.writeme.com> kirjoitti 01.03.2004: > For people who are more familiar with ASCII converters, which one was > this picture made with? http://maija.irtie.org/ascii.jpg It does _not_ look like aalib, gifscii, pbmtoascii or Rob Harley's original algorithm -- the character set does not match any of those. My best attempt at reconstructing the character gradient in that image is " ,.;:iraX2S7Z08BW@M" (sans double quotes). The precise order of the characters there could be wrong (although I've tried to base it on gradients in the image rather than visual appearance) but I'm fairly sure those are the only characters used. I think the program in question might be ASCII Generator, found at <http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~wardog/>. The sample picture and gradient bars found on that page certainly look similar. However, running strings(1) on the executable reveals a somewhat different character table, " .,:;rsiS52X39hG&AHBM#@". Some of the differences could be due to mistakes in my reconstruction, but the absence of some characters found in the image from the table is a problem. It could, however, be that the image has been created by some earlier version of the program. In any case, ASCII Generator was the closest match I could find among the converters listed in the Open Directory Project's ASCII Art Software category, although I may have missed some. -- Ilmari Karonen If replying by e-mail, please replace ".invalid" with ".net" in address.
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