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Characterize\n\nA CLI tool to make ascii art out of your images!\n\n**WARNING**: This tool is still in early development and may introduce breaking changes!\n\n## Usage\n\n```$ characterize \u003cFILENAME\u003e \u003cOUTFILE\u003e --font \u003cFONT\u003e [OPTIONS]```\n\nExample image:  \n\n![earth](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b25b7f77-5952-4dd9-8238-55cfc196986b)\n\n### Random characters (default)\n\n```$ characterize earth.jpg earth_out.jpg -f font.otf```\n\n![earth_out_random_characters](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9b7a607c-5423-4245-a1ce-4e638c04005d)\n\n**Note**: You should use a monospaced font to avoid overlapping characters.\n\n### Set character\n\n```$ characterize earth.jpg earth_out.jpg -f font.otf --character \"A\"```\n\n![earth_out_set_character](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/35326272-af16-44a2-8dc0-90579b77083a)\n\n### Using a text file\n\n```$ characterize earth.jpg earth_out.jpg -f font.otf --textfile lorem.txt```\n\n![earth_out_textfile](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6121c49b-0f78-46e4-ba6f-7ebfe3a598ed)\n\n**Note**: All non-alphabetic characters will be filtered out to ensure a gapless image.\n\n### Up-/downscale image\n\n```$ characterize earth.jpg earth_out.jpg -f font.otf --scale 2.5```\n\n![earth_out_scaled](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ea21cb4-9085-4656-9a85-ac783915eeb8)\n\n### Set font size\n\n```$ characterize earth.jpg earth_out.jpg -f font.otf --font-size 25.5``\n\n![earth_out](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b968bd3d-ded5-40c6-95b3-200d519d7221)\n\nUse `characterize --help` for more information\n\n## Installation\n\n**Prerequisites**: [Rust](https://rust-lang.org)\n\n```\n$ git clone https://github.com/schwoens/characterize \u0026\u0026 cd characterize\n$ cargo build --release\n```\nRun executable:\n```$ 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