Royalaid
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@lucashjin When I first read your post I thought "I hope he read the ASCII rendering post that hit the HN front page months ago".
Lo and Behold, actually gud tek inside. Definitely gonna check this out!
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the solution:
> match characters based on shape instead of brightness
> sample different parts of characters and treat them as vectors (you can compare with nearest-neighbor search)
> preserves overall image quality much better + much less visual clutter
> inspiration: alexharri.com/blog/ascii-ren…
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