oh-my-logo is a command-line tool and software library for creating colourful ASCII art logos.
The software renders supplied text using outlined ASCII characters or filled block characters. Logos can use predefined or custom colour palettes, with gradients applied horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
oh-my-logo can be run directly with npx, installed as a global command-line utility or imported into JavaScript and TypeScript applications. Generated logos are released into the public domain under the CC0 licence.
Key Features
- Creates coloured ASCII art logos in the terminal.
- Offers outlined ASCII and filled block rendering modes.
- Includes 13 predefined colour palettes.
- Accepts custom palettes using hexadecimal or other supported CSS colours.
- Applies vertical, horizontal and diagonal gradients.
- Reverses the colours in a selected gradient.
- Supports multiple lines of text.
- Uses configurable Figlet fonts for outlined ASCII art.
- Provides multiple block-font and shadow styles for filled text.
- Adjusts the spacing between filled characters.
- Reads input from the command line or standard input.
- Displays supplied text using every available palette in gallery mode.
- Forces or disables coloured output when used in pipelines and scripts.
- Uses environment variables to select a default font and rendering timeout.
- Provides a library API for JavaScript and TypeScript applications.
- Exposes palette information for use by other software.
- Supports animated output when used as a library.
- Releases generated logos into the public domain.
Website: github.com/shinshin86/oh-my-logo
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Developer: Yuki Shindo
License: MIT License and Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
oh-my-logo is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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