TEXTMODE ART comes in many shapes     
     and forms.     

     This site is primary focused on a     
     few different styles originating     
     from the BBS era of dial-up     
     modems when the art was used for     
     logos, system design, and to     
     promote your BBS.     


     °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸     


     The idea itself, to make art from     
     text, can be traced way back and     
     the closest to text mode art on     
     a computer was the art generated     
     on typewriters.
     The 'artforms' we explore here     
     originated from Unix systems.     
     Old-school art was originally     
     created using the characters     
     available when there were only a     
     few to choose from and the     
     computer had a 7-bit character     
     set.     

     /\-.,+     

     This turned into oldschool art.     
     (Also called 'oldskool')

  _,/\______    _,/\______    _,/\______
__\_____   /_ __\_   __   \ __\   _____/_
\__    __  _/_\__    |/  _/_\__    |/   /_
_/     |/     \/     |/     \/     |      \_
\_______     ╓________     ╓________     ╓_/
      |______/      |______/      |______/


     As we added more characters and     
     systems, the ’art scene’ became     
     divided between the PC ASCII art     
     scene and Amiga ASCII art scene     
     (with the exception of a few     
     enthusiasts doing text mode art     
     on Commendore 64 systems called     
     PETSCII and on Atari computers     
     called ATASCII).     

     When the PC got support for an     
     8-bit character set, the style     
     transitioned into an oldschool     
     form with more characters and the     
     so-called new school ascii art     
     using all available characters to     
     get better shapes.


                 $°"$
      """"""$""; $ :$""$""; $°"$""""""
      $""$""$ :$ $ .$  $ :$ $  $  ____.
      $  $  $ .$ $  $  $ .$ $  $  $ .$
      """"  """" """"  """" """"  """"
     .____  ____.____  ____.____  ____.
      3333  /333 3333  /333 3333  /333
      8888  8888 8888  8888 8888  8888
      $$$$  $$$$ $$$$  $$$$ $$$$  $$$$
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      $$$$  $$$$ $$$$  $$$$ $$$$  $$$$
      `""""""""' `""""""""' `""""""""'


     In parallel, we had the ANSi     
     scene, and the one-color version     
     of this I like to call NFO art,     
     where you utilize block     
     characters like ░ ▒ █ ▓ ▄ ▀ in     
     the extended character set to     
     draw in 16 colors (8 background     
     colors and 16 foreground colors)



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     Here, you'll find art and resources to     
     explore if you’d like to learn     
     more about the old textmode art     
     scene, which originated from when     
     Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)     
     were in their prime and     
     communication equaled IRC.     

     I do not have anything to do with     
     the art scene today. Yes, it’s     
     still active, and I haven’t had     
     20+ years. But, I do, however,     
     look at some art now and then and     
     try to sneak in some ASCII art     
     in the documentation and source     
     code at work to educate the     
     younger generation... ;)



     Art forms
     ~~~~~~~~~

     - Oldschool ascii
     - Newschool ascii
     - NFOs
     - ANSi
    - Amiga ascii


     Or, start by checking out the
     tools of the trade.



     Other forms of text mode art
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - PETSCII (Commendore 64/128)
     - ATASCII (Atari)



     Art scene affiliates from old
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     - oOps!ascii
     - Remorse
     - Stile
     - ACiD [1] [2] [3]
     - mOp
     - Blend
     - Society


      TEXTMODE ART comes in many shapes and forms.      

      This site is primary focused on a few different styles originating      
      from the BBS era of dial-up modems when the art was used for logos,      
      system design, and to promote your BBS.      


      °º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸      


      The idea itself, to make art from text, can be traced way back and      
      the closest to text mode art on a computer was the art generated on      
      typewriters.

      The 'artforms' we explore here originated from Unix systems.      
      Old-school art was originally created using the characters      
      available when there were only a few to choose from and the      
      computer had a 7-bit character set.      

      /\-.,+      

      This turned into oldschool art. (Also called 'oldskool')

                                       _____
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       \_______  \_ \__  ___  \_ \_    |   |_ \___  ___|__ \_______  \_
      __/  ______/ \_/    |    ╓\_/    |    ╓\_/    '     \_/  ______/ \_
      \______|      ______       ______       ______       ______'      /
    ,------\_______/----\_______/---_\_______/--__\_______/----\_______/--,
    |                __/___/____ __/___/____ __/___/____                  |
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    `------------------\________/--\________/--\________/-----------------'

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      As we added more characters and systems, the ’art scene’ became      
      divided between the PC ASCII art scene and Amiga ASCII art scene      
      (with the exception of a few enthusiasts doing text mode art on      
      Commendore 64 systems called PETSCII and on Atari computers called      
      ATASCII).      

      When the PC got support for an 8-bit character set, the style      
      transitioned into an oldschool form with more characters and the      
      so-called new school ascii art using all available characters to      
      get better shapes.


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               R81 YO! ASCII by Polymorph. Inspired by Kaleidas.


      In parallel, we had the ANSi scene, and the one-color version of      
      this I like to call NFO art, where you utilize block characters      
      like ░ ▒ █ ▓ ▄ ▀ in the extended character set to draw in 16 colors      
      (8 background colors and 16 foreground colors)



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      Here, you'll find art and resources to explore if you’d like to      
      learn more about the old textmode art scene, which originated from      
      when Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) were in their prime and      
      communication equaled IRC.      

      I do not have anything to do with the art scene today. Yes, it’s      
      still active, and I haven’t had 20+ years. But, I do, however, look      
      at some art now and then and try to sneak in some ASCII art in the      
      documentation and source code at work to educate the younger      
      generation... ;)




   ## A R T F O R M S

    - Oldschool Ascii
    - Newschool Ascii
    - NFOs
    - ANSi
    - Amiga Ascii

      Or, start by checking out the tools of the trade.




   ## O T H E R V E R S I O N S O F T E X T M O D E A R T


    - PETSCII (Commendore 64/128)
    - ATASCII (Atari)




   ## A R T G R 0 U P S

      Some of my art scene affiliates from old

    - oOps!ascii
    - Remorse
    - Stile
    - ACiD [2] [3]
    - mOp
    - Blend
    - Society



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