ASCII art. How do I do it?
Code:
- Default.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
namespace AsciiArt
{
public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtOutput;
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button btnGo;
protected System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlInputFile file;
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtInput;
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
StringBuilder input = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < 2500; i++)
{
input.Append("blah ");
}
txtInput.Text = input.ToString();
}
}
private string ColorizeText(System.Drawing.Image image, string
input)
{
//determine how to scale the text
int textLength = input.Length;
int imageHeight = image.Height;
int imageWidth = image.Width;
double ratio = (double)imageHeight / (double)imageWidth;
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
//letters are about twice as tall as wide; correct
ratio /= 2;
//height * width = text
//height / width = ratio
//width = text / height
//width = height / ratio
//height / ratio = length / height
//height^2 = ratio * text
//height = sqrt (ratio * text)
int rows = (int)(Math.Sqrt(ratio * textLength));
int columns = (int)(textLength / rows);
//Chop the text into rows, since the word breaks will
cause this to be a little
//uneven so the exact row count is variable.
string inputBuffer = input;
ArrayList rowText = new ArrayList();
int startPointer = 0;
int endPointer = columns;
do
{
endPointer = input.LastIndexOf(" ",(startPointer +
columns));
rowText.Add(input.Substring(startPointer,endPointe r-startPointer));
startPointer = endPointer + 1;
}
while (startPointer+columns<=input.Length);
if (startPointer<input.Length)
rowText.Add(input.Substring(startPointer));
using (Bitmap bitmap = new
Bitmap(image,columns,rowText.Count))
{
output.Append("<span style='font-family: Lucinda
Console,Courier New;font-size: 8px;'>");
int rowCtr = 0;
int colCtr = 0;
//Iterate the rows
foreach (string row in rowText)
{
colCtr = 0;
//Iterate each character in the row
foreach (char letter in row.ToCharArray())
{
if (letter == ' ')
{
output.Append(" ");
}
else
{
Color color =
bitmap.GetPixel(colCtr,rowCtr);
//If the pizel is white, darken it up a
bit.
if (color.GetBrightness() > .8)
output.AppendFormat("<font
color='#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}'>{3}</font>", (int)(.75*color.R),
(int)(.75*color.G), (int)(.75*color.B), letter);
else
output.AppendFormat("<font
color='#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}'>{3}</font>", color.R, color.G, color.B,
letter);
}
colCtr++;
}
output.Append("<br>");
rowCtr++;
}
}
output.Append("</span>");
return output.ToString();
}
#region Web Form Designer generated code
override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
//
// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form
Designer.
//
InitializeComponent();
base.OnInit(e);
}
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.btnGo.Click += new
System.EventHandler(this.btnGo_Click);
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
}
#endregion
private void btnGo_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
try
{
using (System.Drawing.Image image =
System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(file.PostedFile.In putStream))
{
string colorizedText = ColorizeText(image,
txtInput.Text);
Response.Write(colorizedText);
txtOutput.Text = colorizedText;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
}
}
- Default.aspx
<%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="Default.aspx.cs"
AutoEventWireup="false" validateRequest="false"
Inherits="AsciiArt.WebForm1" %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" >
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<title>colorizer.r.r.</title>
<style>
body {
font: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
margin : 15px 0px 0px 15px;
background : #f3f4fb;
}
</style>
</HEAD>
<body>
<form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server">
<h3>A slightly different take on the ASCII Art thing. This
takes your block of ascii text and colorizes it to match the colors in
the image you upload. Makes more sense when you see it in action -
give it a try:</h3>
<FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>1. Upload source image</LEGEND>
<INPUT type="file" runat="server" id="file">
</FIELDSET>
<br>
<FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>2. Enter text to be colorized</LEGEND>
<asp:TextBox id="txtInput" runat="server" Rows="10"
Columns="60" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox>
</FIELDSET>
<br>
<FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>3. Delight in your glorious new HTML</LEGEND>
<asp:TextBox id="txtOutput" runat="server" Rows="10"
Columns="60" TextMode="MultiLine"></asp:TextBox></P>
</FIELDSET>
<asp:Button id="btnGo" runat="server"
Text="Go"></asp:Button></P>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>
