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ASCII art is an artistic medium that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII. The term is also loosely used to refer to text based art in general. ASCII art can be created with any text editor, and is often used with free-form languages. Most examples of ASCII art require a fixed-width font (non-proportional fonts, like on a traditional typewriter) such as Courier for presentation.
One of the main reasons ASCII art was born was because early printers often lacked graphics ability and thus characters were used in place of graphic marks. Also, to mark divisions between different print jobs from different users, bulk printers often used ASCII art to print large banners to make the division between print jobs easier to spot so that the results could be more easily separated by a computer operator or clerk.
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Character Encoding :: Globalization
RT @kirstinbutler: Awesome: an ASCII art generator! http://www.asciipaint.com/ (via @MakeUseOf)
davidbmetcalfe (David Metcalfe) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:55:05 -0000
RT @kirstinbutler: Awesome: an ASCII art generator! http://www.asciipaint.com/ (via @MakeUseOf)
ASCII art is a completely lost art form... So sad.
knit2julie (Knittin' Julie) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:02:00 -0000
ASCII art is a completely lost art form... So sad.
It's official: @bruces is the first to make my Twitter plug-in window resize incorrectly with ASCII art. It's like 1995 over here.
Interdome (Adam Rothstein) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:35:05 -0000
It's official: @bruces is the first to make my Twitter plug-in window resize incorrectly with ASCII art. It's like 1995 over here.
Phoxt: Ascii Art su iPhone (IPA) http://bit.ly/3vQOkI
melettanet (Meletta) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:40:19 -0000
Phoxt: Ascii Art su iPhone (IPA) http://bit.ly/3vQOkI
Ever wondered how 2 create ASCII art? RT @Flipbooks:10 Keyboard Techniques To Create Cool Symbols http://bit.ly/3mQEYk #Useful
maribethdunn (maribeth) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:40:43 -0000
Ever wondered how 2 create ASCII art? RT @Flipbooks:10 Keyboard Techniques To Create Cool Symbols http://bit.ly/3mQEYk #Useful
Aasterinian Hime : Ascii Art http://ff.im/b6s0Q
variaspruebas (variaspruebas) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:32:58 -0000
Aasterinian Hime : Ascii Art http://ff.im/b6s0Q
ASCII Art Centre - A ring for all lovers of ASCII art. Started in 1996.
Meta Description: [ A ring for all lovers of ASCII art! ]
ASCII Arts Ring - Webring style collection of artists' sites featuring ASCII and HTML/ ASCII images.
Meta Description: [ A collection of sites and projects that oppose war. ]
ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Campaign against HTML mail, vCards and proprietary formats.
Meta Description: [ ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML mail ]
Shoot 'em ASCII Art Game - Game that uses ASCII graphics. Top scores can be synchronized with other users to see how good you are.
The Semi-Official, Semi-Serious ASCII Ribbon Campaign - Campaign against gratuitous graphics on the internet.
Wikipedia: ASCII Art - ASCII art history, examples, how-to, groups and links.
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