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Life & fun · July 30, 2025

MoebiusXBIN – ASCII and text-mode art editor with custom font support

Create your own textmode graphics & unusual ASCII art

MoebiusXBIN – ASCII and text-mode art editor with custom font support launched on July 30, 2025 with 55 votes, #558 of 9,223 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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In plain words

MoebiusXBIN is an ASCII and text-mode art editor designed for creating and editing art using characters and custom fonts. It caters to artists and hobbyists interested in text-based visual creation. The software distinguishes itself through its support for custom fonts, allowing users to work beyond standard ASCII character sets while maintaining a text-mode workflow.

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From the sources

UPDATE Summer 2025: I've released a new version of Moebius XBIN! This guide is completely rewritten for it. MoebiusXBIN is an ASCII & text-mode art editor for MacOS, Linux and Windows, with support for custom fonts and colors. To download, click the link below and choose the package suitable for your OS. If you have suggestions or find any bugs let me know! You can email me at [email protected] or make an issue at the Github page. Traditionally ASCII art [1] is made in plain text , and displayed in text-mode using character sets stored in the ROM of computer graphics adapters. This has carried on to modern text-mode art editors, which are designed to produce files compatible with real…from blog.glyphdrawing.club

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