Batch Script ASCII Art

On occasions, I use ASCII Art in my Scripts.

I was just wondering out of curiosity, does anyone else use it ?

Here is one I have just finished for a Script that I have written for Computer, OS, and Networking information. It goes at the top of the Script and outputs to the Console. Below is the actual output.

Code:

                       .-------.   ======================
                       | === o |   ||                  ||
                       |-------|   ||    Written by    ||
                       | [===] |   ||    Paul Black    ||
     ______________    |-------|   ||                  ||
    ||````````````||   |       |   ====================o=
    || Written by ||   |-------|___/    ____|__|____
    || Paul Black ||   |:::::::|_____  /____________\
    ||____________||   `-------`   __\_____________
   /::::::::::::::::\      |      /::::::::::::::::\
  /:::::========:::::\    /T\    /:::::========:::::\
  `"""""""""""""""""""    \_/    `"""""""""""""""""""

       ___  ____  _  _  ____  _  _  ____  ____  ____
      / __)/    \( \/ )(  _ \/ )( \(_  _)(  __)(  _ \
     ( (__ )  O (/ \/ \ ) __/) \/ (  )(   ) _)  )   /
      \___)\____/\_)(_/(__)  \____/ (__) (____)(__\_)

I might even add a couple of plugs [ Probably NOT though, NOT as neat or proportionate ] . . .

Code:

                ___    .-------.   ======================
               [ | ]  _| === o |   ||                  ||
               [=_=] | |-------|   ||    Written by    ||
                 |___| | [===] |   ||    Paul Black    ||
     ______________    |-------|   ||                  ||
    ||````````````||   |       |   ====================o=
    || Written by ||   |-------|___/    ____|__|____  |
    || Paul Black ||   |:::::::|_____  /____________\ |  ___
    ||____________||   `-------`   __\_____________   | [ | ]
   /::::::::::::::::\      |      /::::::::::::::::\  | [=_=]
  /:::::========:::::\    /T\    /:::::========:::::\ |___|
  `"""""""""""""""""""    \_/    `"""""""""""""""""""

        ___  ____  _  _  ____  _  _  ____  ____  ____
       / __)/    \( \/ )(  _ \/ )( \(_  _)(  __)(  _ \
      ( (__ )  O (/ \/ \ ) __/) \/ (  )(   ) _)  )   /
       \___)\____/\_)(_/(__)  \____/ (__) (____)(__\_)

And before anyone says, the Laptop is running on Battery.

Just for fun, I added the power for the Laptop . . .

Code:

     ___        ___    .-------.   ======================
    [ | ]      [ | ]  _| === o |   ||                  ||
    [=_=]      [=_=] | |-------|   ||    Written by    ||
   ___|          |___| | [===] |   ||    Paul Black    ||
  |  ______________    |-------|   ||                  ||
  | ||````````````||   |       |   ====================o=
  | || Written by ||   |-------|___/    ____|__|____  |
  = || Paul Black ||   |:::::::|_____  /____________\ |  ___
  |_||____________||   `-------`   __\_____________   | [ | ]
   /::::::::::::::::\      |      /::::::::::::::::\  | [=_=]
  /:::::========:::::\    /T\    /:::::========:::::\ |___|
  `"""""""""""""""""""    \_/    `"""""""""""""""""""

        ___  ____  _  _  ____  _  _  ____  ____  ____
       / __)/    \( \/ )(  _ \/ )( \(_  _)(  __)(  _ \
      ( (__ )  O (/ \/ \ ) __/) \/ (  )(   ) _)  )   /
       \___)\____/\_)(_/(__)  \____/ (__) (____)(__\_)

It does take a long time, patience, and testing, to get these sort of things looking right. It is quite fun though.

Hello @garlin,

garlin said:

Did you forget UNICODE already??

Art work is NOT something that I use to be honest.

I did however re-do mine to include it. The only thing that I had to ADD as far as the Script was concerned was chcp 65001 > nul [ Unicode Encoding ] for the art work section, and then chcp 1252 > nul [ UTF-8 Encoding ] after the art work section so as to keep the ORIGINAL Script Font for the Console and the Notepad output.

Anyway, this is what I ended up with [ I added the Charger for the Laptop, nice ] . . .

Code:

                       ┌───────┐   ╔════════════════════╗
                       │ ════ o│   ║                    ║
                       ├───────┤   ║     Written by     ║
    ╔══════════════╗   │[■■■■]o│   ║     Paul Black     ║
    ║              ║   ├───────┤   ║                    ║
    ║  Written by  ║   │       │   ╚════════╤══╤══════o═╝
    ║  Paul Black  ║   │       │─────┘  ____│__│____
    ║              ║   │       │─┐     /____________\
    ╚══════════════╝   └───────┘ │ ________________
   /::::::::::::::::\      │     └/::::::::::::::::\
  /:::::════════:::::\    /T\    /:::::════════:::::\
  ════════════════════    \_/    ════════════════════

       ___  ____  _  _  ____  _  _  ____  ____  ____
      / __)/    \( \/ )(  _ \/ )( \(_  _)(  __)(  _ \
     ( (__ )  O (/ \/ \ ) __/) \/ (  )(   ) _)  )   /
      \___)\____/\_)(_/(__)  \____/ (__) (____)(__\_)

Code:

     ___        ___
    [ | ]      [ | ]   ┌───────┐   ╔════════════════════╗
    [=_=]      [=_=] ┌─│ ════ o│   ║                    ║
  ┌───┘          └───┘ ├───────┤   ║     Written by     ║
  │ ╔══════════════╗   │[■■■■]o│   ║     Paul Black     ║
  │ ║              ║   ├───────┤   ║                    ║
  │ ║  Written by  ║   │       │   ╚════════╤══╤══════o═╝
  │ ║  Paul Black  ║   │       │─────┘  ____│__│____   │  ___
  █ ║              ║   │       │─┐     /____________\  │ [ | ]
  │ ╚══════════════╝   └───────┘ │ ________________    │ [=_=]
  └/::::::::::::::::\      │     └/::::::::::::::::\   └───┘
  /:::::════════:::::\    /T\    /:::::════════:::::\
  ════════════════════    \_/    ════════════════════

         ___  ____  _  _  ____  _  _  ____  ____  ____
        / __)/    \( \/ )(  _ \/ )( \(_  _)(  __)(  _ \
       ( (__ )  O (/ \/ \ ) __/) \/ (  )(   ) _)  )   /
        \___)\____/\_)(_/(__)  \____/ (__) (____)(__\_)

For a bit of fun, enable telnet from windows features and run following command from an admin command prompt and watch an ascii based classic movie - you need to press enter a couple of times to get past intro stuff.

Code:

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Remember to disable telnet afterwards.

Thanks for the reply @cereberus,

Telnet was one of the first things that I removed [ NOT Disabled ] when I created my customised ISO install, but thanks anyway.

Paul Black said:

Thanks for the reply @cereberus,

Telnet was one of the first things that I removed [ NOT Disabled ] when I created my customised ISO install, but thanks anyway.

You could always run in a vm where telnet risk is very low just to see the movie. Remember "I am your Father".

ricardobohner said:

Looks pretty good in my opinion.

Thanks @ricardobohner.

I was bored so I added a Printer . . .

Code:

                 ___        ___
                [ | ]      [ | ]   ┌───────┐   ╔════════════════════╗
                [=_=]      [=_=] ┌─│ ════ o│   ║                    ║
              ┌───┘          └───┘ ├───────┤   ║     Written by     ║       ╔═══════════════╗
              │ ╔══════════════╗   │[■■■■]o│   ║     Paul Black     ║       ║ ≡ ▲ ▼ ■ ◄ ► o ║
              │ ║              ║   ├───────┤   ║                    ║       ║───────────────║   ___
              │ ║  Written by  ║   │       │   ╚════════╤══╤══════o═╝       ║▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║  [ | ]
              │ ║  Paul Black  ║   │       │─────┘  ____│__│____   │  ___   ║┌─────────────┐║  [=_=]
              █ ║              ║   │       │─┐     /____________\  │ [ | ]  ║└/───────────\┘║────┘
              │ ╚══════════════╝   └───────┘ │ ________________    │ [=_=]  ╚/_____________\╝
              └/::::::::::::::::\      │     └/::::::::::::::::\   └───┘
              /:::::════════:::::\    /T\    /:::::════════:::::\
              ════════════════════    \_/    ════════════════════