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ANSILOVE(1) General Commands Manual ANSILOVE(1) NAME ansilove -- ANSI / ASCII art to PNG converter SYNOPSIS ansilove [-dhiqrsSv] [-b bits] [-c columns] [-f font] [-m mode] [-o file] [-R factor] [-t type] file DESCRIPTION ansilove is an ANSI / ASCII art to PNG converter, allowing to convert ANSI and artscene-related file formats into PNG images, supporting ANSI (.ANS), PCBoard (.PCB), Binary (.BIN), Artworx (.ADF), iCE Draw (.IDF), Tundra (.TND) and XBin (.XB) formats. It creates size optimized 4-bit PNG files and supports SAUCE (Standard Ar- chitecture for Universal Comment Extensions), 80x25 and 80x50 PC fonts (in- cluding all the 14 MS-DOS charsets), Amiga fonts, and iCE colors. The options are as follows: -b bits Set to 9 to render 9th column of block characters (default: 8). -c columns Adjust number of columns for ANSI, BIN, and TND files. -d Enable DOS aspect ratio. -f font Select font for supported formats. Valid options for PC fonts are: 80x25 Default (Code page 437) 80x50 80x50 mode (Code page 437) cp737 Greek (Code page 737) cp775 Baltic (Code page 775) cp850 Latin1 (Code page 850) cp852 Latin2 (Code page 852) cp855 Cyrillic (Code page 855) cp857 Turkish (Code page 857) cp860 Portuguese (Code page 860) cp861 Icelandic (Code page 861) cp862 Hebrew (Code page 862) cp863 French Canadian (Code page 863) cp865 Nordic (Code page 865) cp866 Russian (Code page 866) cp869 Greek (Code page 869) spleen Spleen (Modern font, code page 437) terminus Terminus (Modern font, code page 437) Valid options for Amiga fonts are: amiga Alias to Topaz, see below microknight Original MicroKnight version microknight+ Modified MicroKnight version mosoul Original mO'sOul font pot-noodle Original P0T-NOoDLE font topaz Original Topaz Kickstart 2.x version topaz+ Modified Topaz Kickstart 2.x+ version topaz500 Original Topaz Kickstart 1.x version topaz500+ Modified Topaz Kickstart 1.x version -h Show help. -i Enable iCE colors. -m mode Set rendering mode for ANS files. Valid options are: ced Black on gray, with 78 columns. transparent Render with transparent background. workbench Use Amiga Workbench palette. -o file Specify output filename/path. -q Suppress output messages (quiet). -r Create Retina @2x output file. -R factor Create Retina output file with custom scale factor. -t type Specify input file type. Valid types are: ans ANSi (ANSI escape sequences: ANSI X3.64 standard) adf Artworx format, supporting custom character sets and palettes bin Binary format (raw memory copy of text mode video mem- ory) idf iCE Draw format, supporting custom character sets and palettes pcb PCBoard Bulletin Board System (BBS) own file format tnd TundraDraw format, supporting 24-bit color mode xb XBin format, supporting custom character sets and palettes -s Show SAUCE record without generating output. -S If available, use SAUCE info for render options (ex: width). -v Show version information. EXAMPLES To render a file with iCE colors enabled: $ ansilove -i file.ans To create a Retina @2x output file: $ ansilove -r file.ans To creates a Retina output file with a custom scale factor: $ ansilove -R 3 file.ans To only display SAUCE record without generating output: $ ansilove -s file.ans To render a file with transparent background: $ ansilove -m transparent file.ans To render a file using a custom font: $ ansilove -f amiga file.txt To render a file using a custom font, rendering the 9th column, enabling iCE colors, and using DOS aspect ratio: $ ansilove -f 80x50 -b 9 -d -i file.ans AUTHORS ansilove was written by Stefan Vogt, Brian Cassidy, and Frederic Cambus. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly June 10, 2026 ANSILOVE(1)
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