Re: Converting ASCII to an image

[sunnycemetery]

On 2019-02-12 09:41, Bryan Christ wrote:
> Does anyone know of a library that will convert ASCII or a the contents of
> a WINDOW to a bitmap?  I know that aalib does it the other way around and
> I'm basically looking for the inverse.

Does this question pertain to ncurses WINDOW structures (in light of of this 
mailing list's topic) or simply the windows of terminal emulators (in light of 
the reference to aalib).  If it's the latter you're after, use any old 
screenshot utility (e.g. ImageMagick's import).

If it's the former you're after, color me interested.  😃

On the other hand, if it's converting text you're after, try the following 
(ImageMagick):

convert -size 128x28 xc:white -draw 'text 8,18 "XTerm fallback fonts!"' 
hooray.png