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:

,

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

On Tue, 2 May 2000 16:22:37 +0200, "Cybergenius" <inf...@gplayer.de> 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??
>
>I'm looking for good ASCII-Arts to show them on my homepage, if anyone of
>you believes that his pix are good, please send them as a .txt file to me.
>
>Oliver
>
>Oli...@gplayer.de
>
>


 Hey! SURE!! and while i'm at it, here are the keys to the car, and the 
combo to the gun safe....


OBASCII:

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Frederic Merizen wrote:
> 
> Cybergenius wrote:
> > Hi everybody

[snip]

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

Caveaot emptyor,or how ever ya spelt it...If some dumb ass
buys a fake and then finds it worthless then they should
get a clue and lernt about fine art......

Obascii:

wet paper box.

,..
L.j

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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??

I'm looking for good ASCII-Arts to show them on my homepage, if anyone of
you believes that his pix are good, please send them as a .txt file to me.

Oliver

Oli...@gplayer.de

On Tue, 2 May 2000 16:22:37 +0200, "Cybergenius" <inf...@gplayer.de>
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??

The easiest definition I've ever heard is that Ascii art is art made
by using only the printable characters that you can type in with your
keyboard. IE, all the letters, numbers, and symbols like !%(\|~ etc.
Anything that you have to hold down the alt key for is not kosher for
ascii art.

There's a more specific definition, but that's a pretty good working
one.

>I'm looking for good ASCII-Arts to show them on my homepage, if anyone of
>you believes that his pix are good, please send them as a .txt file to me.

Sorry, while I love ascii art, I'm a terrible ascii artist.

--Wesley

The only stupid question is the unasked question.
And that's a good thing, because I hate stupid questions!

Hi,

ASCII -- American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ANSI
X3.4-1968
ANSI -- American national Standards Institute

ascii-art is artwork, mainly pictures, created with only the ASCII
characters.

BTW, 'ASCII standard' is an example of repetitive redundancy.


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??
> 
> I'm looking for good ASCII-Arts to show them on my homepage, if anyone of
> you believes that his pix are good, please send them as a .txt file to me.
> 
> Oliver
> 
> Oli...@gplayer.de

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