It is possible to generate images from texts by converting each character into a vector (a line). This procedure works with shorter texts, such as poems and song lyrics. I wrote a program for this purpose, called txt2vectors. The program reads a plain text file, opens a 640×480 white window and draws black intersecting lines corresponding to the ASCII values of the characters composing the text. Once you have your image, you can have fun trying to spot recognizable shapes in the seemingly random grid pattern that will form. You can save the image by grabbing a screenshot with a tool such as the Snip & Sketch tool included with Microsoft Windows.
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An example of output
