ASCII Art Generator

About this plugin

Bring old-school, retro ASCII magic straight into Figma with the ASCII Art Generator plugin! Turn any image—portraits, logos, icons—into radiant text-based artwork inspired by classic terminal visuals.

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Key Features

Live Image Import

Upload any image (JPG/PNG) or paste a URL and instantly see it in ASCII form.

Full Adjustment Controls

• Brightness, Contrast & Blur sliders

• Invert toggle for negative‐style art

Rich Dithering Options

• Floyd–Steinberg, Atkinson, Ordered Bayer & Noise dithering

• Toggle “Ignore White” to preserve whitespace

Multiple Character Sets

• Standard (@%#*+=-:.)

• Block (█▓▒░)

• Binary (0/1), Hex (0–F)

• Custom “Manual” character

• Ultra-detailed glyph palette

Edge-Detection Modes

• Sobel outline for high-contrast edges

• Difference-of-Gaussians “DOG” contour style

Flexible Output Formats (Pro)

• Editable text node in Figma (pro)

• PNG export

• SVG code insert (pro) Vector outline (path-based)

Seamless Insertion

One-click “Insert” drops your ASCII art into the canvas, centered and ready to tweak.

Copy & Share

Copy pure ASCII text to clipboard or export vector/SVG code for use elsewhere.

Free Trial & License

• 2 free insertions under trial (PNG)

• Easy upgrade flow via in-plugin “Upgrade” (current user) or “Activate License” (1 or multiple one-time-payment) buttons

• Usage counter and “mouse-follower” overlay when trial ends