Re: Definition of ASCII-Art

Cybergenius wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> can anyone of you give me a definition for ASCII-Art?? I'd like to
know on
> with ASCII standard is it based??

Taken from the ASCII-Art FAQ
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1.  What is ASCII art?
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    ASCII art is any kind of artwork -- pictures, charts, cartoons,
    whatever -- drawn with the characters in the ASCII character set.

    The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
    character set is a set of 128 characters (0 to 127) which are
    standard on almost all types of computer. The only characters used
    in ASCII art are those with the values 32 to 126, which are shown
    below, and 13, which represents a carriage return (new line).
    The other characters in the ASCII character set (0-12, 13-31, and
    127) are control codes for representing things such as `end of file'
    and `backspace'; they should not be used in ASCII art.

    032 [space] 048 0   064 @   080 P   096 `   112 p
    033 !       049 1   065 A   081 Q   097 a   113 q
    034 "       050 2   066 B   082 R   098 b   114 r
    035 #       051 3   067 C   083 S   099 c   115 s
    036 $       052 4   068 D   084 T   100 d   116 t
    037 %       053 5   069 E   085 U   101 e   117 u
    038 &       054 6   070 F   086 V   102 f   118 v
    039 '       055 7   071 G   087 W   103 g   119 w
    040 (       056 8   072 H   088 X   104 h   120 x
    041 )       057 9   073 I   089 Y   105 i   121 y
    042 *       058 :   074 J   090 Z   106 j   122 z
    043 +       059 ;   075 K   091 [   107 k   123 {
    044 ,       060 <   076 L   092 \   108 l   124 |
    045 -       061 =   077 M   093 ]   109 m   125 }
    046 .       062 >   078 N   094 ^   110 n   126 ~
    047 /       063 ?   079 O   095 _   111 o

    These characters are almost completely standard, except for a few
    slight variations which you should keep in mind when drawing and
    viewing ASCII art:

    # (hash/pound):
         a hash symbol on most computers, a pound (currency) symbol on
         some British ones
    | (bar):
         a vertical line in most fonts, but in some it is split in the
         middle
    ^ (caret):
         differs in size depending on the font used
    ~ (tilde):
         appears in the middle of the line in some fonts, at the top in
         others
    ' (apostrophe/single quote):
         tilts southwest-northeast in some fonts, is vertical in others
         (this also applies to the comma (,)).

    Here's a small example of ASCII art using some of these variable
    characters: a snow-scene paperweight, drawn by Joan Stark. How good
    it looks will depend to some extent on which font and computer
    system you are using to view it.
               ____
            .-" +' "-.
           /.'.'A_'*`.\
          |:.*'/\-\. ':|
          |:.'.||"|.'*:|
           \:~^~^~^~^:/
            /`-....-'\
       jgs /          \
           `-.,____,.-'

    People use ASCII art for a variety of reasons, some of which are:
    *   it is the most universal computer art form in the world --
        every computer system capable of displaying multi-line text can
        display ASCII art, without needing to have a graphics mode or
        support a particular graphics file format;
    *   an ASCII picture is hundreds of times smaller in file size
        than its GIF or BMP equivalent, while still giving a good idea
        of what something looks like;
    *   it is easy to copy from one file to another;
    *   it's fun to do!

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A (once ?) popular variant is (was ?) ANSI-Art, which uses the full
8-bit ASCII (codepage 437 IIRC), as well as "ANSI escape-sequences",
which allow you to add color.

Obascii:

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Cheap copy of "Le Dot": see the dirty paint strokes. Krogg, you should
go and sue the offender ;-)