Python code for the string generator used in this ASCII art code: https://gist.github.com/sXakil/d7e88da11830dc1370cb7f89b5ebaae1

generator_string.py

"""
Copy and paste any shape using space and '|', add an '*' to indicate the end of your stream
example input:
  ||      ||
  ||  ||  ||
  ||  ||  ||
   |||  |||*
STart each line with at least one space and make sure your shape is no more than 60 characters in width to maintain general ASCII range
"""
import re

generator = ''
while True:
    line = input()
    chunks = [c.group(0) for c in re.finditer(r"(\|| )\1*", line)]
    for chunk in chunks:
        generator += chr(64 + len(chunk))
    if line[len(line) - 1] == '*':
        break
    generator += '..' # use one '.' if using Github Gist version
print(generator)