NAME

       aafigure - convert ASCII art to an image

SYNOPSIS

       aafigure [option...] [input-file]

       aafigure {-h | --help | --version}

DESCRIPTION

       aafigure is an ASCII art to image converter.

       ASCII art figures can be parsed and output as SVG, PNG, PDF and more.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two
       dashes (--). Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or
       optional for any corresponding short options.

       -o, --output=file
           Write output to file rather than to the standard output.

       -e, --encoding=encoding
           Set character encoding for input text. The default is ‘UTF-8’.

       -w, --wide-chars=properties
           Specify which characters should be considered wide.  properties is a comma-separated
           list of East Asian width[1] symbols:

           F
               East Asian Fullwidth

           H
               East Asian Halfwidth

           W
               East Asian Wide

           Na
               East Asian Narrow

           A
               East Asian Ambiguous

           N
               Neutral (Not East Asian)

           The default is ‘F,W’.

       -t, --type=format
           Use the provided output format. By default, output format is inferred from the output
           file name extension.

           The following formats are supported: SVG, PDF, PNG and any file format supported by
           Python Imaging Library.

       -D, --debug
           Enable debug outputs.

       -T, --textual
           Disable horizontal fill detection.

       -s, --scale=scale
           Use the specified scale.

       -a, --aspect=aspect
           Use the specified aspect ratio.

       -l, --line-width=width
           For SVG output format, use the specified line width.

       --proportional
           Use a proportional font rather than a fixed-width font.

       -f, --foreground=#rrggbb
           Use the specified foreground color. The default is black (#000000).

       -x, --fill=#rrggbb
           Use the specified fill color. The default is the foreground color.

       -b, --background=#rrggbb
           Use the specified background color. The default is white (#ffffff).

       -O, --option=extra-options
           Pass special options to backends. (For expert users only.)

       -h, --help
           Display help and exit.

       --version
           Display version information and exit.

AUTHOR

       Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
           Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2009, 2010 Jakub Wilk

NOTES

        1. East Asian width
           http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr11/