app.py

import gradio as gr
import art

def advanced_ascii_art(message, style):
    # Use the 'art' package to generate a wide variety of ASCII art styles
    try:
        ascii_art = art.text2art(message, font=style)
    except art.art.ArtError:  # Fallback if the style is not found
        ascii_art = art.text2art(message)  # Default style
    return ascii_art

# List of available ASCII art styles from the 'art' package
styles = art.FONT_NAMES

# Create a Gradio interface with an additional dropdown for style selection
iface = gr.Interface(
    fn=advanced_ascii_art,
    inputs=["text", gr.inputs.Dropdown(choices=styles, label="Style")],
    outputs="text",
    title="Advanced ASCII Art Generator",
    description="Enter your message and select a style to generate advanced ASCII art."
)

# Deploy the app to Hugging Face Spaces with share=True
iface.launch(share=True)