# ASCII Art in Item Description
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [March 30, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462 "2019-03-30T11:39:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Turtleoverlord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Turtleoverlord)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/21 "2019-04-02T15:20:30Z")
I like it (9/11 was an inside job so the us government could get this comentary to 20 characters)
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### Author:  [@Valiant](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valiant)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/22 "2019-04-02T15:22:02Z")
> [@Fris0uman](#):
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> Would it be possible to dedicate a json file to it ? With a two entry system : one with item id and one with actual ASCII art .
> This way it would not clutter the actual item file
Yes, of course it’s possible. I had the same thing in mind. The hard part is to add a new `TYPE`, like `BIONIC` or `AMMO` or `GENERIC`, for this kind of stuff.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Denton](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mr.Denton)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/23 "2019-04-02T18:40:18Z")
Oh meant to reply to “Valiant” sry
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### Author:  [@Bence](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bence)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/24 "2019-04-07T11:55:11Z")
Here’s a new batch.
**Battery**
**Hacksaw**
**Permanent marker**
**Syringe**
I’ll try to post weekly.
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### Author:  [@Invalid\_Username](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Invalid_Username)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/25 "2019-04-07T15:19:42Z")
In the words of black Linus, “You am one dope scrilla-monger, Charlie Brown.”
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### Author:  [@iTacoTaco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/iTacoTaco)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/26 "2019-04-08T09:18:47Z")
ASCII art is super cool. 🕶
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### Author:  [@Bence](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bence)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/27 "2019-04-08T09:52:56Z")
Pixel art is pretty awesome too. 👉🕶👉
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### Author:  [@gargantuer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gargantuer)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/28 "2019-04-08T15:18:30Z")
That’s awesome. Good work.
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### Author:  [@Bence](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bence)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/29 "2019-04-14T11:24:07Z")
I made 5 today, because these were smaller.
I can’t post next week. I’ll be abroad.
**Carrot**
**Fishing hook**
**Lighter**
**Radio**
**Woodsaw**
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### Author:  [@Love\_osu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Love_osu)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/30 "2019-04-30T02:46:11Z")
Keep up the good work. You are pretty good with ASCII art.
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### Author:  [@Fris0uman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Fris0uman)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/31 "2020-01-31T17:35:58Z")
A bit of necromancy
Because this [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/37598](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/37598) might be relevant to the topic
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### Author:  [@Awkor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Awkor)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/32 "2020-02-02T19:48:44Z")
[REXPaint](https://www.gridsagegames.com/rexpaint/) is an editor for creating ASCII art, could come in handy.
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### Author:  [@ItzStone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ItzStone)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/33 "2020-02-05T01:00:15Z")
That’s really cool, I’m gonna play with that
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### Author:  [@Jerimee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jerimee)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ascii-art-in-item-description/19462/34 "2020-02-20T23:43:22Z")
REXPaint seems really cool, but you need to use a font with the right dimensions. The screenshot below shows the problem:
Here is the solution I found that I think will work:
- Go here: [RexPaint Libraries](https://www.gridsagegames.com/rexpaint/resources.html#Libraries)
- Scroll down to Fonts
- Following the instructions at the top of that section get the 8x16 “Unscii” font
- install it via the instructions (add **“unscii\_8x16” unscii\_8x16 unscii\_8x16 1** to config.xt)
- now if you use REXPaint with that 8x16 font to make some nice art, it will look in game similar to how it looks in REX _(note you have to export to txt to add it to json - the command is ctrl+t)_
Apparently the ascii art can be in color, though I don’t know offhand how to implement this.
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