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I wrote this as a labor of love. I test it extensively against original artwork._\n\n---\n\n## Demos\n\nI made some videos of demo conversions that are on youtube:\n\n- Demo ANSI Conversion | g80-impure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBk6FdzMkck\n- Demo ANSI conversion | goto80-goto20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phbriy19yCY\n\n## Installation\n\nYou can install the [`ansi-art-convert`](https://pypi.org/project/ansi-art-convert/) package via pip:\n\n```shell\npip install ansi-art-convert\n```\n\n\u003e [!IMPORTANT]\n\u003e _As a prerequisite, you will need to install the [`ANSI megafont`](https://github.com/tmck-code/ansi-megafont) on your system via your regular font installer, and ensure that your terminal emulator is configured to use it._\n\nAlternatively, you can install it via a one-liner (you will still need to configure your terminal to use it):\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003einstall commands:\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n```shell\n# osx\ncurl -sOL --output-dir ~/Library/Fonts/ https://github.com/tmck-code/ansi-megafont/releases/download/v0.1.1/ANSICombined.ttf \\\n  \u0026\u0026 fc-cache -f ~/Library/Fonts/ \\\n  \u0026\u0026 fc-list | grep \"ANSICombined\"\n\n# linux\ncurl -sOL --output-dir ~/.fonts/ https://github.com/tmck-code/ansi-megafont/releases/download/v0.1.1/ANSICombined.ttf \\\n  \u0026\u0026 fc-cache -f ~/.fonts/ \\\n  \u0026\u0026 fc-list | grep \"ANSICombined\"\n```\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## Usage\n\n```shell\nusage: ansi-art-convert [-h] --fpath FPATH [--encoding ENCODING] [--sauce-only] [--verbose] [--ice-colours] [--font-name FONT_NAME] [--width WIDTH]\n\noptions:\n  -h, --help            show this help message and exit\n  --fpath, -f FPATH     Path to the ANSI file to render.\n  --encoding, -e ENCODING\n                        Specify the file encoding (cp437, iso-8859-1, ascii, utf-8) if the auto-detection was incorrect.\n  --sauce-only, -s      Only output the SAUCE record information as JSON and exit.\n  --verbose, -v         Enable verbose debug output.\n  --ice-colours         Force enabling ICE colours (non-blinking background).\n  --font-name FONT_NAME\n                        Specify the font name to determine glyph offset (overrides SAUCE font).\n  --width, -w WIDTH     Specify the output width (overrides SAUCE tinfo1).\n```\n\n## Documentation\n\n- [SAUCE Metadata](docs/sauce.md)\n\n## Resources\n\n- [The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its Legacy in Amiga ASCII art](https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/the-origins-of-del-0x7f-and-its-legacy-in-amiga-ascii-art/)\n- [rewtnull/amigafonts](https://github.com/rewtnull/amigafonts)\n- [Screwtapello/topaz-unicode](https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/topaz-unicode)\n- [Rob Hagemans' Hoard of Bitfonts](https://github.com/robhagemans/hoard-of-bitfonts)\n- [amigavision/TopazDouble](https://github.com/amigavision/TopazDouble)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftmck-code%2Fpy-ansi-art-convert","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftmck-code%2Fpy-ansi-art-convert","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftmck-code%2Fpy-ansi-art-convert/lists"}