ASCII Art: Real-Time ASCII Art Rendering Library

Check out libcaca[1], a image-to-ASCII library that already available as a mplayer and VLC output.<p>There&#x27;s also a demoscene competition where entries can only use text-mode art, TMDC [2]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Libcaca" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Libcaca</a> [2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tmdc.scene.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;tmdc.scene.org&#x2F;</a>

A simple lookup table also works well.<p>Here I use Unicode 9.0 and True Color support to render images as text using Python: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;daleroberts&#x2F;tv" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;daleroberts&#x2F;tv</a>

You can test the rendering on your browser using the live demo at: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;art.pixlab.io" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;art.pixlab.io</a>

Is there a good way to display these in a terminal? The result is a little ugly because it ends up vertically stretched.

Is there one that can do matrix digital rain like effects?