ASCII Art in QR Codes


There are plenty of QR generators which will render the code in ASCII, but I wanted to try something a little different. Is it possible to hide ASCII Art into QR Codes?

Errr.... yes... It's pretty damn simple! I was surprised I couldn't find anyone else doing this.

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Becomes: bunny ascii art in qr code

Which, when scanned, renders as:

ASCII Art QR Scan

Now, there are limits as to what you can put into a QR code - about 4,000 characters. Different devices have different screen widths, which limits the ability to include fully featured ASCII Artworks like the Mona Lisa


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2 thoughts on “ASCII Art in QR Codes”

  1. Richard says:

    What about the other other way round? Is it possible to make a QR code that has recongnisable shapes in it, and a bonus if that can be mapped to say a URL?
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