Which characters can I turn into a banner?

A-Z, 0-9, spaces and . , ! ? - + = : / _ ' ( ). Lowercase is converted to uppercase. Accented letters, Cyrillic, Japanese and emoji are refused rather than replaced with guessed shapes.

How wide will my text banner be?

Each character takes five columns, with one blank column between characters. HELLO is 29 columns by five rows. GO is 11 columns by five rows. Spaces in your input also occupy a five-column cell.

Can I make several lines of ASCII text?

Yes. Each input line becomes five rows, with one blank output row between lines. Shorter lines are padded with spaces to match the longest line. The preview scrolls horizontally when the banner is wider than the screen.

How do I copy or save the banner?

Copy banner puts the preview characters on your clipboard. Download banner TXT prepares ascii-text-banner.txt with a final newline. Keep a monospace font and preserve spacing and line breaks wherever you paste it.

Can I choose another font or keep lowercase shapes?

This page has one five-row uppercase font. It does not import FIGlet fonts, render lowercase letterforms or generate a downloadable font file.

Does this page remember my banner or change my image settings?

Banner text is not stored. The Text preset selects this workflow each time the page opens. It does not change the remembered Columns, Ramp or Invert values for image conversion.

How do I make ASCII art for Discord?

Choose Text, enter a short word and use Copy for Discord. The copied banner includes triple-backtick code fences to preserve its spaces in a monospace block. HELLO produces 29 columns and five rows, using 157 message characters including the fences. The button is unavailable if the fenced output exceeds the standard 2,000-character message limit. Wide banners may wrap or overflow on narrow screens, so use shorter words or separate input lines. This prepares message text locally; it does not connect to Discord or send a message.

ASCII Text Art Generator

Type letters and numbers to make an ASCII text banner. This page opens in Text mode with HELLO as an editable example. The original five-row font draws each letter with # characters and spaces, ready to copy or save as TXT.

Five-row text banner

Text to turn into ASCII letters

#   # ##### #     #      ### 
#   # #     #     #     #   #
##### ####  #     #     #   #
#   # #     #     #     #   #
#   # ##### ##### #####  ###

Banner size

29 columns × 5 rows

Discord code block: 157 of 2,000 characters, including fences. Keep banners short on narrow screens.

Text output. Text banners use a fixed five-row uppercase font for A-Z, 0-9 and basic punctuation. Lowercase becomes uppercase; unsupported characters are refused. Output is plain text made of # and spaces.

Common questions

Which characters can I turn into a banner?: A-Z, 0-9, spaces and . , ! ? - + = : / _ ' ( ). Lowercase is converted to uppercase. Accented letters, Cyrillic, Japanese and emoji are refused rather than replaced with guessed shapes.
How wide will my text banner be?: Each character takes five columns, with one blank column between characters. HELLO is 29 columns by five rows. GO is 11 columns by five rows. Spaces in your input also occupy a five-column cell.
Can I make several lines of ASCII text?: Yes. Each input line becomes five rows, with one blank output row between lines. Shorter lines are padded with spaces to match the longest line. The preview scrolls horizontally when the banner is wider than the screen.
How do I copy or save the banner?: Copy banner puts the preview characters on your clipboard. Download banner TXT prepares ascii-text-banner.txt with a final newline. Keep a monospace font and preserve spacing and line breaks wherever you paste it.
Can I choose another font or keep lowercase shapes?: This page has one five-row uppercase font. It does not import FIGlet fonts, render lowercase letterforms or generate a downloadable font file.
Does this page remember my banner or change my image settings?: Banner text is not stored. The Text preset selects this workflow each time the page opens. It does not change the remembered Columns, Ramp or Invert values for image conversion.
How do I make ASCII art for Discord?: Choose Text, enter a short word and use Copy for Discord. The copied banner includes triple-backtick code fences to preserve its spaces in a monospace block. HELLO produces 29 columns and five rows, using 157 message characters including the fences. The button is unavailable if the fenced output exceeds the standard 2,000-character message limit. Wide banners may wrap or overflow on narrow screens, so use shorter words or separate input lines. This prepares message text locally; it does not connect to Discord or send a message.

Text banners use a fixed five-row uppercase font for A-Z, 0-9 and basic punctuation. Lowercase becomes uppercase; unsupported characters are refused. Output is plain text made of # and spaces.