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by fwlr 743 days ago
The algorithm involved is actually very hefty: for each cell of a 9px by 15px grid over the image, compare each pixel of the cell to its equivalent pixel in each of the 95 ascii characters. To solve for optimal grid alignment, it repeats this for each of the 9x15 possible positionings of the image under the grid.