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ASCII Art Scissors: Copy and Paste
A pair of scissors open and ready to cut. Below are three sizes you can copy straight to clipboard, plus a downloadable PNG version.
Small (34 cols x 15 lines)
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Medium (52 cols x 23 lines)
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Scissors ASCII art appears in craft and DIY Discord servers, sewing and fabric communities on Reddit, and posts where the scissors function as a cut-here indicator in text-based communications. The two blades open with pivot point visible is the classic scissors view. Medium renders both blades and the central pivot clearly. Small reduces the blades to two short diagonal lines with a meeting point.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is scissors ASCII art most commonly used?
Craft and DIY Discord servers, sewing and knitting subreddits, paper craft and origami communities, and plain-text email coupons or forms where a scissors symbol marks a cut line.
Does the pivot point show at small size?
At small the pivot is the character where the two blade lines cross. It is visible as an intersection point. Medium and large make the pivot more clearly defined as a separate element.
Can I use scissors ASCII as a cut-line indicator?
Yes. In plain-text emails and printed documents, a scissors symbol along a dotted line marks where to cut for a coupon or form. Small works well for this functional use.
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