What size do these render at?

Each render is composed as a full-screen terminal panel, suited to a poster, a wallpaper or a print.

Can I get a different subject, like a dragon or a skull?

Yes — the direction field takes any subject, and the same three screen looks render it.

What's the difference between the three screens?

Green terminal is classic green phosphor on black; dot-matrix print reads like an old printer's output; ANSI colour adds a multi-colour terminal palette.

Is this made of real readable text?

No — the characters are used as texture and density, not as readable words or sentences.

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/ascii-art · style · 3 readings

ASCII art: a terminal portrait, a cat, a planet

ASCII art — a frontal portrait built from monospaced characters alone, dense glyphs massed in the shadows and sparse dots in the highlights, the face readable from across the room, ASCII art on a black CRT terminal, green phosphor glow, scan lines, monospaced

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Reading 1Terminal portrait

Reading 2Cat

Reading 3Planet

ASCII art is a picture made of characters on a terminal: density as tone, a green-on-black screen, a portrait built from punctuation — exact marks, not readable text. These nine render a terminal portrait, a cat and a planet, each across three screen looks — classic green phosphor, dot-matrix printout, and ANSI colour terminal. Ask for a dragon, a skull, or one colour only — the same three screens carry it.

a hacker or coder desk print
a retro-tech themed poster
a developer profile graphic
a poster or fine-art print
a desktop or phone wallpaper

Frequently asked questions

What size do these render at?: Each render is composed as a full-screen terminal panel, suited to a poster, a wallpaper or a print.
Can I get a different subject, like a dragon or a skull?: Yes — the direction field takes any subject, and the same three screen looks render it.
What's the difference between the three screens?: Green terminal is classic green phosphor on black; dot-matrix print reads like an old printer's output; ANSI colour adds a multi-colour terminal palette.
Is this made of real readable text?: No — the characters are used as texture and density, not as readable words or sentences.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.