THE 'NEW SCHOOL ASCII ART' is a     
     form of textmode art that uses     
     all of the text-based characters     
     available to produce logotypes     
     and art.     

     The 8-bit character set used on     
     the IBM PC gave us the following     
     characters.

      ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼
      !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?
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     `abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
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     └┴┬├─┼╞╟╚╔╩╦╠═╬╧╨╤╥╙╘╒╓╫╪┘┌█▄▌▐▀
     αßΓπΣσµτΦΘΩδ∞φε∩≡±≥≤⌠⌡÷≈°∙·√ⁿ²■

     IBM's Codepage 437 character set


     Sometimes the borders between     
     new school ASCII, ANSI, and NFO     
     art are blurred. Especially     
     since many artists drew colored     
     new school ASCII, and then, by     
     definition, made it ANSI.     
     However, from my perspective,     
     NFO art primarily uses block     
     characters, while the new school     
     ASCII art uses nearly every     
     other character.     

     Compare the logos below with the     
     ones on the NFO page.


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     The new school ASCII here is all     
     done in pure text, without ANSI     
     codes or colors, and represents     
     what I think is a creative use     
     of the characters that were     
     available to us.     

     There are a lot of ASCII art     
     generators on the web, but the     
     results they produce seldom come     
     close to the quality produced     
     by the hands of a skilled     
     artist.



     More artwork to explore
  +--------------------------------------+  

   - 1996/acdu0996/ASC0996A.ASC
     ╚ ACiD ASCII logocluster #15 --- -

   - 1999/rmrs-32/Pm-r81.asc
     ╚ Remorse by Polymorph --- -

   - 1997/serial04/sar-cls3.asc
     ╚ serial --- -

   - 1997/awe9701/DY-DOINK.ASC
     ╚ Doink by Discyple (awe) --- -

   - 2002/mjd-02/CL!-EPS2.ASC
     ╚ mafia jeopardy --- -



     THE 'NEW SCHOOL ASCII ART' is a form of textmode art that uses all of     
     the text-based characters available to produce logotypes and art.     

     The 8-bit character set used on the IBM PC gave us the following     
     characters.


     IBM's Codepage 437 character set
  +---------------------------------------------------------------++----------+

       ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ 
       !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>? 
      @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_ 
      `abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~  
      ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòûùÿÖÜ¢£¥₧ƒ 
      áíóúñѪº¿⌐¬½¼¡«»░▒▓│┤╡╢╖╕╣║╗╝╜╛┐ 
      └┴┬├─┼╞╟╚╔╩╦╠═╬╧╨╤╥╙╘╒╓╫╪┘┌█▄▌▐▀ 
      αßΓπΣσµτΦΘΩδ∞φε∩≡±≥≤⌠⌡÷≈°∙·√ⁿ²■  


     Sometimes the borders between new school ASCII, ANSI, and NFO art are     
     blurred. Especially since many artists drew colored new school     
     ASCII, and then, by definition, made it ANSI. However, from my     
     perspective, NFO art primarily uses block characters, while the new     
     school ASCII art uses nearly every other character.     

     Compare the logos below with the ones on the NFO page.


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                                                                     ~`


     The new school ASCII here is all done in pure text, without ANSI     
     codes or colors, and represents what I think is a creative use of the     
     characters that were available to us.     

     There are a lot of ASCII art generators on the web, but the results     
     they produce seldom come close to the quality produced by the hands     
     of a skilled artist.


      Some favourite logos and artists
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+  


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      More artwork to explore
  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+  

    - 1996/acdu0996/ASC0996A.ASC
      ╚ ACiD ASCII logocluster #15 --- -

    - 1999/rmrs-32/Pm-r81.asc
      ╚ Remorse by Polymorph --- -

    - 1997/serial04/sar-cls3.asc
      ╚ serial --- -

    - 1997/awe9701/DY-DOINK.ASC
      ╚ Doink by Discyple (awe) --- -

    - 2002/mjd-02/CL!-EPS2.ASC
      ╚ mafia jeopardy --- -

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