Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 1 Feb 2002.
Ascii art from 1865
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 1 Feb 2002 - 2 Feb 2002
Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of
early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I
can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version used
font size that decreased gradually down the page.
========================================================
'It is a long tail, certainly said Alice, looking down
with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it
sad?' And she kept on puzzling about it while the
Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was
something like this:- 'Fury said to a
mouse, That
he met in the
house, "Let
us both go
to law: I
will prosec-
cute you --
Come, I'll
take no de-
nial: We
must have
the trial;
For really
this morn-
ing I've
nothing
to do."
Said the
mouse to
the cur,
"Such a
trial, dear
sir, With
no jury
or judge,
would
be wast-
ing our
breath."
"I'll be
judge,
I'll be
jury,"
said
cun-
ning
old
Fury;
"I'll
try
the
whole
cause,
and
con-
demn
you to
death"
========================================================
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"palmer666" <pal...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:Yor68.6427$sU....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com... > Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland > by Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of > early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I > can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version used > font size that decreased gradually down the page. > 8<-----poetry snipped------>8 Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are many other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to.
"Sam Blanning" <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:a3dgh1$5k$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk... > > "palmer666" <pal...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:Yor68.6427$sU....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com... > > Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland > > by Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of > > early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I > > can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version used > > font size that decreased gradually down the page. > > > 8<-----poetry snipped------>8 > > Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't > remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are many > other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I > can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to. > > I disagree Sam. I say it is ascii art. It is a caligram. I choose to ignore distinctions between various type of text art such as line, solid etc. I spent all that time carefully re-typing Lewis Caroll's work and then when looking for examples of caligrams to make my point I found that it had already been done http://www.geocities.com/joan_stark/textasciihistory.txt Joan Stark was there first.
"Sam Blanning" <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't >remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. In this relationship I heard of the term "visual poetry", might be the one you were looking for. >There are many >other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I >can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to. I collected some German ones, here's my attempt to translate them: EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide Nah - the following doesn't look good when it's translated. The phrase "Die Zeit verrinnt" means "Time goes by", "Tempus fugit". Die Zeit verrinnt Die Zeit verrinnt Die Zeit verrinnt Die Zeit verrinnt Die Zeit verrin Die Zeit verr Die Zeit ve Die Zeit Die Zei Die Z Die D i e Z e i t v e Dri eitrZDe ntitiinevtr eiDtrZinnDentiZi ieDiviDvnrZDntrti reeiZetrtvinZeZet ntvDvnriZDedivrrZ DnZtvenntrZrnteie iviDvnrZvntrtiieD And i made one my own, some months ago. It's german, too. http://www.abiteuer.de/temp/truegerischewahrheit.txt The big white letters spell out "Wahrheit", which means "thruth". It is made out of the word "Luege" (sorry, the umlaut ue is not ascii char), which means "lie". benjamin
In article <a3dgh1$5k$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Sam Blanning <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't > remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are > many other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. > Unfortunately I can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme > to. "Concrete", I think. -- Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
"Benjamin M. Weiland" <ben...@gmx.de> wrote in message news:0bm...@4ax.com... > "Sam Blanning" <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > >Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't > >remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. > > In this relationship I heard of the term "visual poetry", might be the > one you were looking for. > > >There are many > >other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I > >can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to. > > I collected some German ones, here's my attempt to translate them: > > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs Tide > EbbsEbbsEbbsEbbs TideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > Ebbs TideTideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbs TideTideTideTide > EbbsEbbsEbbs TideTideTide > > > Nah - the following doesn't look good when it's translated. The phrase > "Die Zeit verrinnt" means "Time goes by", "Tempus fugit". > > > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrinnt > Die Zeit verrin > Die Zeit verr > Die Zeit ve > Die Zeit > Die Zei > Die Z > Die > D > i > e > Z > e > i > t > v > e > Dri > eitrZDe > ntitiinevtr > eiDtrZinnDentiZi > ieDiviDvnrZDntrti > reeiZetrtvinZeZet > ntvDvnriZDedivrrZ > DnZtvenntrZrnteie > iviDvnrZvntrtiieD > > > And i made one my own, some months ago. It's german, too. > > http://www.abiteuer.de/temp/truegerischewahrheit.txt > > The big white letters spell out "Wahrheit", which means "thruth". It is > made out of the word "Luege" (sorry, the umlaut ue is not ascii char), > which means "lie". > > benjamin Here's one I made last week. BUILD BUILD BUIL BU BUI BUI BUILD BUIL BUI BUILDI BUI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BUI BUILDING BUI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BUI BUILDING BUI BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBU BUIL BU BUI BUILDINGB BUI BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUI BUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUILDI BUILD BUILDINGBUILDINGB BUILDINGB BUILDINGBUILD BUILDINGB BUILDI BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDING BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU BUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGB dp BU BUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDINGBUILDIN -- ##### dav...@ntlworld.com #### _\_ ________ _________ _______________ ##~~<#)#) \______ \ / _ \ \ / / \______ \ #( _\ | | \ / /_\ \ Y /| || | \ # __| | ` Y | \ / | || ` \ \___/ /_______ |____|__ /\___/ |___/_______ / _.-'==='-._ \/ \/ \/ ' ' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/palmer666 Alright, DON'T have a nice day, see if I care!
In article<a3dgh1$5k$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Sam Blanning <enquiries@nat ionalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> writes: >Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't >remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are many >other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I >can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to. Making pictures with typography has many forms. Some put text into a shape that suits the subject. Some use only a single character as a pixel dot, or a small variety. Others incorporate letter shapes into fine detail. Micro-art, like llizard's stuff, is built from one character equals perhaps one third of a person so entirely bases on its shape. (.") ("_) \ | wot's 'e on about I dunno, e's been on the pills agen I fink In article<Yor68.6427$sU....@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>, palmer666 <pal...@ntlworld.com> writes: >Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland >by Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of >early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I >can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version used >font size that decreased gradually down the page. Oh, I like this a lot; I thought at first you had devised it. > >======================================================== > >'It is a long tail, certainly said Alice, looking down >with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it >sad?' And she kept on puzzling about it while the >Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was >something like this:- 'Fury said to a > mouse, That > he met in the > house, "Let > us both go > to law: I > will prosec- > cute you -- > Come, I'll > take no de- > nial: We > must have > the trial; > For really > this morn- > ing I've > nothing > to do." > Said the > mouse to > the cur, > "Such a > trial, dear > sir, With > no jury > or judge, > would > be wast- > ing our > breath." > "I'll be > judge, > I'll be > jury," > said > cun- > ning > old > Fury; > "I'll > try > the > whole > cause, > and > con- > demn > you to > death" >======================================================== > _____ | | / / / \ \ / -- -| Duck! | \__ ____ / \_____/ / \ / \ | Dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk /| / You \ / | \ \ / |_\called?/__/ / | |_____________///////// < |____\_______| | |(______________ () \ | \ / () | () | | \\\\\\\\\ \| | __|__ | | _|___/___ \___ | | TWOING !!! __---- ----__\---\_ / __ | ______________________ \____-------------______/ \ / \ / / / / _/ ---| hmm, it theemth | / \ / / / | i thlighly | / $ / / | mithtook | / / / | your meaning there, | | | / | buthtah !!! | \______________// \______________________/ \________/
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