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Jazz Up Your Facebook With TextPics For Facebook - And You Can Win A Copy!

Jazz Up Your Facebook With TextPics For Facebook - And You Can Win A Copy!

July 20, 2011
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TextPics for Facebook ($0.99) by FTW Innovations is a fun new app from the developer of TextPics. When ordinary emoticons just aren’t enough, you need TextPics. The ASCII art designs of the original TextPics enliven your texts; now TextPics For Facebook is here to add panache to your Facebook activities.

TextPics for Facebook by FTW Innovations screenshot

In case you are interested in TextPics but not Facebook, you can read our review of the original TextPics app here. Most of the designs in the original app don’t work on Facebook because of how Facebook displays your input. Basically, TextPics for Facebook is almost the same app, except that each design has been carefully reworked to fit the Facebook format, font, and spacing. There is not 100% overlap, but most of the designs from the original have been brought over. And, just like the original, you can also download a free, lite version of the app to get a nice sampling of the designs available in the full version. You can also access the designs for free on your computer as a Facebook app.

TextPics for Facebook has over 800 designs that you can post on your Facebook wall, post to a friend’s wall, or copy to your clipboard for use elsewhere. Personally, I have a little flower from the original app in my iPhone and iPad email signature. Though you can’t use most of the original app’s designs on Facebook, you can use all of the designs in this app for texting. More designs are being added all the time. You can create your own art within the app, and, if you choose to contribute it, your design might even be included in the next update!

The wide variety of ASCII art designs includes such categories as: Animals, Borders, Bunnies, Celebration, Food, Halloween, Music, People, Romance, Sports, Vehicles, Weapons, and more. You also get Emotes (a huge selection of emoticons, way beyond smile, frown, and wink) and Japanese Emotes, which are a bit more elaborate.

Not satisfied with an ordinary Facebook status? Also included in TextPics for Facebook is “Crazy Text”. Turn your words upside down, reverse them, or enclose them in bubbles. Or choose from such styles as: Slash, Greek, Russian, Weird, Asian, Medieval, Dots, Tails, Accents, 1337, Line, Thailand, Symbols, Wacky, and more. Please note this is not a translation app -- the other “languages” listed above are really just stylized versions of what you write, not literally translating your words into any other languages.

If this all seems like silly fluff to you, well, frankly, I’m surprised you’ve read so far into this article. ;^) But if you enjoy adding a bit of fun to your Facebook wall, you’ll definitely want to check out TextPics for Facebook (or at least the lite version) for your iPhone or iPod Touch. You’ll need to have the Facebook app installed already, of course. If you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, then check out the TextPics for Facebook app for your computer.

Want to win a copy of the full version of TextPics for Facebook? We’ve teamed with the developer to offer a copy to ten lucky readers! There is no need to comment below. Simply head on over to our Facebook page, and I will post ten codes in the comments when this article gets to Facebook (there is a slight lag sometimes, please be patient!). To redeem, simply copy a code and paste it into your iTunes account in the the “Redeem” box. Please be considerate of the other readers and let us know which code you have used. Good luck!

Mentioned apps

$0.99
TextPics for Facebook
TextPics for Facebook
FTW Innovations
Free
TextPics for Facebook Free
TextPics for Facebook Free
FTW Innovations
Free
TextPics
TextPics
FTW Innovations
Free
TextPics Free
TextPics Free
FTW Innovations
Free
Facebook
Facebook
Facebook, Inc.

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