---
id: art
version: "6.5"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# art — ASCII Art Library For Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 1.6M/mo

## What it is and what it does

ART is a Python library that generates ASCII art in two forms: one-line symbolic art (emoji-like text symbols) and multi-line ASCII text rendered in various fonts. It provides functions to return art as strings, print directly to the terminal, or save to files. The library includes a large collection of fonts, decorative styles, and pre-built one-line art symbols that can be repeated or randomized.

The package is designed for terminal output, text-based UI decoration, and creative text rendering. It handles character validation, supports both ASCII and non-ASCII fonts (with environment caveats), and offers control over spacing, line separators, and decorative borders. No external dependencies are required—it's a self-contained pure-Python implementation.

Use it for:

- Generate fancy ASCII banners or headers for CLI tools and terminal applications.
- Create decorative text output for logs, status messages, or terminal-based dashboards.
- Build ASCII art galleries or save styled text to files for documentation or art projects.
- Add visual flair to Python scripts with one-line emoji-like symbols and multi-line text art.
- Render text in retro or stylized fonts for terminal games or interactive CLI experiences.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Converts text and generates one-line ASCII art symbols, rendering them as multi-line ASCII text using various fonts and decorative styles.

Yes. Low install friction, no dependencies, actively maintained, MIT-licensed, and well-suited for terminal decoration and ASCII art generation. Install if you need to render fancy text or one-line symbols in CLI tools or terminal output.

## Install

pip install art
uv add art
poetry add art

## Installing art

Before you install: Low friction—pure Python wheel with no runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with recent commits and a stable release cycle.

License in practice: MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open and closed projects.

Quickstart:

pip install art
from art import tprint, art
tprint("hello")  # Print ASCII text
print(art("coffee"))  # Print one-line art

Verify before relying:

- Whether all 677 fonts and 711 one-line arts remain available in version 6.5 as documented.
- Extent of Unicode/non-ASCII environment compatibility issues mentioned in the description.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 1.6M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

ascii art text generator, convert text to ascii art, one-line ascii symbols, fancy text rendering, ascii font library, terminal text decoration, ascii art printer, ascii-art, terminal-ui, text-rendering

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