![]() ASCII art can be created with any text editor, and is often used with free-form languages. The term is also loosely used to refer to text-based visual art in general. (Not true ASCII - uses proportional font.Dag Hammarskjöld, printout from teleprinter 1961-62ĪSCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of standard 7-bit ASCII). \ \_\ 6525-EZ Nijmegen, NL webpage go.to/hofman /_/ / | | | To be added to the list, go to: | || Want more quotes? Send an email to me at: \ _ / - Ericsson Toshiba Telecommunications K.Kįor help with the attributions for many of these =( _| (_| RAYMOND CHANDLER - "The Simple Art of Murder" _/~| / | world, and a good enough man for any world." ![]() \-'~ /~~~(O) nor afraid.He must be the best man in his = // is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished \_/-, ,-' "Down these mean streets a man must go who | ' \ Monticello Unit Schools - 21 x230 ![]() .¸¸.-> ECLECTIC BOOKS Aliquis in omnibus, nulles in singular \_/ \_/ T h e I n t e r n e t T o u r B u s \_/ | FAQ, and Subscription Information! |//////| | | Visit the TOURBUS Web site to see the Archives, |//////| | | "Why | Surf When / You Can | Ride The | Bus?" / | \ Intel Corporation M/S RN2-40, 2200 Mission College Blvd Santa Clara CA, , \ _/ | like government, media, ads, PR, etc works. \ / | Always sticking his nose into how things | || / \)_)\ (_ Mail and Phone Order Only _) If they're distorted, check your browser display options and make sure you've got a Courier or similar fixed-width font selected from such display.) |(,) )_) (These should be displayed as fixed-width characters. If you have some nice ones, e-mail them to me, and I'll add them. These are a few I've picked up from e-mail list-servers and Web sites, or which have been forwarded to me. In this era of hi-res super-graphics, it's kind of fun to see that some people out there are still doing creative character graphics, harking back to the days of line-printers and CP/M. I've picked most of these up from e-mail list-servers, or had them forwarded to me, but there are ASCII Art News Groups:, and (which I learned about from Max Metral's article in "Tricks of the Internet Gurus), and numerous Websites. ASCII-Art Sigs Here's a reminder of the kinds of creative character graphics which once graced the antique b/w world of dot-printers and CP/M before the super-high-res imagery of the Windows/Mac conquered all.
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