ANSIpants

Retro text art for the future!

$5.99

Retro text art for the future! Layers, 256 & true color, TDF and FIGlet fonts, Apple Pencil support — on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. ANSIpants is a full-featured ANSI and ASCII art studio for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Draw old-school text art with new-school tools: pressure-sensitive brushes, layers, true color, and a canvas that feels like a paint app — not a text editor. Whether you're recreating the BBS art scene of the '90s or discovering textmode art for the first time, ANSIpants gives you serious drawing tools built for the medium. DRAW LIKE YOU MEAN IT • Pen, paint, smudge, dodge & burn, fill, box, oval, and text tools • Adaptive line width and stitch modes for crisp diagonals • Box and oval thickness controls tuned to the 2:1 character cell • Velocity-sensitive brush size, scatter, and color shift • Apple Pencil support on iPad COLOR WITHOUT LIMITS • Classic ANSI 16, 256-color, and 24-bit true color modes • Bulk palette selection: grab the whole color cube or grayscale ramp in one tap • Color cycling and random pools for organic texture • Reference image sampling that respects your color depth TEXT IS THE POINT • TDF and FIGlet font rendering with a fast built-in font browser • Import your own font collections • Full ASCII and extended character set access BUILT FOR REAL WORK • Up to 7 drawing layers with offsets, visibility, and flattening • Deep undo with full history • Reusable tool presets • Status bar with cursor position, layer, and selection info SHARE IT ANYWHERE • Import and export .ANS files — compatible with the classic art scene • Export images to your photo library • iCloud document support across all your devices • Native document-based app: your art lives in Files One purchase, all three platforms: iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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    Information

    Seller
    • Arlo Fishman
    Size
    • 5.3 MB
    Category
    • Graphics & Design
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Arlo Fishman
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.