7 Simple Steps to Create ASCII Art

• Open a text-editing program like Notepad or TextEdit.
• Use characters that take up more space to make areas darker, like "M" or "W".
• Alternatively, use characters that take up less space to make areas lighter, like "I" or "T".
• Save the file to share it with others.

Find a text editor to use to make your ASCII art (example: Notepad).

Set the font to one with fixed width. In Notepad, the only font that you can use is fixed width. This means that you can use spaces; in fonts without fixed width, spaces will be smaller, which can mess up text formatting.

Think of an object to draw. Start with something easy, such as a flower.

Use characters that take up more space for darker parts of the picture.

Use characters that take up less space for lighter parts of the picture.

Use various slants and slashes to make lines. You will be forced to only use large angles.

Save it and show your friends and family, or publish it on a website.