Personal greetings

Birthday ASCII Art

Make a birthday greeting with a name, a cake, a gift or a few stars. Copy the text or use PNG to keep the drawing together in chat apps.

Name (optional)

Up to 24 Latin letters, including accents, digits, spaces or . & apostrophes and hyphens. Leave empty for a general greeting.

Drawing

Background

Your name stays in this page. It is not saved automatically or put into the card’s web address. Sharing or copying sends the chosen result only when you ask.

Your greeting

+------------------------------+
|       Happy birthday!        |
|                              |
|            i   i   i         |
|           _|___|___|_        |
|          |  *  *  *  |       |
|          |-----------|       |
|          |  *  *  *  |       |
|          |___________|       |
|         (_____________)      |
|                              |
|           For Alex           |
+------------------------------+

How to make your card

Enter a name, or leave it empty for a general greeting.
Choose a drawing and a light or dark background. Your name stays in the card when you change the drawing.
Copy the text into a monospaced area, or download PNG to preserve its appearance. The TXT file contains the same characters as the preview.
Open Share to choose an app on supported devices. Prepare a PNG first for an image; you can review that image before sharing.

Try another drawing

Birthday cake

+------------------------------+
|       Happy birthday!        |
|                              |
|            i   i   i         |
|           _|___|___|_        |
|          |  *  *  *  |       |
|          |-----------|       |
|          |  *  *  *  |       |
|          |___________|       |
|         (_____________)      |
|                              |
|           For Alex           |
+------------------------------+

Wrapped gift

+------------------------------+
|       Happy birthday!        |
|                              |
|               _  _           |
|              ( \/ )          |
|               \  /           |
|             +--++--+         |
|             |  ||  |         |
|             +--++--+         |
|             |  ||  |         |
|             +------+         |
|                              |
|           For Alex           |
+------------------------------+

Stars

+------------------------------+
|       Happy birthday!        |
|                              |
|       *       .       *      |
|           .       *          |
|      .    *   o   *    .     |
|           *  /|\  *          |
|       *     / | \     *      |
|           .   |   .          |
|      *        /\       *     |
|                              |
|           For Alex           |
+------------------------------+

Choose the right format

Text is useful in a code block, terminal or another monospaced area. Chat apps can change fonts and spacing, so PNG is the easiest way to preserve the finished drawing. Markdown uses a fenced code block; check whether the destination supports it.

The available sharing apps depend on your browser and device. Copy and Download remain available. The optional ASCIIForge credit is added to a shared message, not printed onto your card.