ANSi art - the fine art of art of textmode block characters and 16 colors. The original ANSi art was made popular by the Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) of the dial-up era. People have made extraordinary art from the these block characters, but I always had a soft spot for the typography and logo creation. By using the different block characters and the different characters ▓ ▒ ░ with different background and foreground color you can accomplish shading and depth.
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     In essence it is a text file with      
     the characters and escape codes        
     for color syntax. It looks             
     something like [U+001b][0m▓ –          
     which would be terrible to write       
     by hand - so editors were              
     created. This also means that          
     they can be displayed in an HTML       
     document with a little bit of          
     conversion of escape codes into        
     classes and CSS:"                      



     To give a proper representation of     
     how it is supposed to look on the      
     screen, the most common way is to      
     convert the ANSi file into an          
     bitmap image. That is why ANSi         
     art often is displayed converted       
     to an image on the web. Like it        
     is on 16colo.rs for instance.          



     If you omit the color and save the     
     blocks as a pure text file, the        
     block based ANSi designs are           
     referred to as NFOs, since they        
     originated in the information          
     files with a .nfo file extension       
     often released together with           
     cracked games and programs way         
     back.                                  




ACiD Productions (rks) <1996/rks-001/RKS-ACID.ANS> The Metal Shoppe by Lord Jazz <1995/aura1195/LD-TMS1.ANS> ACiD MKii by tainted <2022/thesauna03/tnt-c1d.ans> Piranha by The Silent Killer <2020/laz12/tsk-pir3.ans> fuel logo (h7) <2018/fuel27/h7-fuelguest.ans> Lazarus by The Silent Killer <2020/laz12/tsk-laz4.ans> ledzepplin by lordjazz <1996/odium-03/LD-LZ1.ANS> Piranha by The Silent Killer <2020/laz12/tsk-pir2.ans> YMCA Warpus by burps <2019/thesauna01/BS-WARP.ANS> echo promo by tainted <2022/blocktronicsonice/tnt-3ch0.ans> Fokus Fonting by knocturnal <2022/thesauna03/k1-fokus.xb> The Elephants by Mistigris <2020/mist0120/US-DALI.ANS> hold fast bbs by tainted <2022/laz15/tnt-pir8.ans> wizards rainbow bbs by tainted <2022/laz15/tnt-w1zr.ans> acid underworld bbs by tainted <2022/laz15/tnt-acuw.ans> Obv/2 BBS screen (Lord Jazz) <1995/ld-obvs5/SYSOP.ANS>

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       ANSi art - the fine art of textmode block characters and 16       
       colors.       

       The original ANSi art was made popular by the Bulletin Board       
       Systems (BBS) of the dial-up era.       

       People have made extraordinary art from the these block       
       characters, but I always had a soft spot for the typography and       
       logo creation. By using the different block characters and the       
       different characters ▓ ▒ ░ with different background and       
       foreground color you can accomplish shading and depth.


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       In essence it is a text file with the characters and escape codes        
       for color syntax. It looks something like [U+001b][0m▓ – which           
       would be terrible to write by hand - so editors were created.            
       This also means that they can be displayed in an HTML document           
       with a little bit of conversion of escape codes into classes and         
       CSS:"                                                                    


                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                
                      
                                                
              
                                              
                        
                                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                

       To give a proper representation of how it is supposed to look on         
       the screen, the most common way is to convert the ANSi file into         
       an bitmap image. That is why ANSi art often is displayed                 
       converted to an image on the web. Like it is on 16colo.rs for            
       instance.                                                                




       If you omit the color and save the blocks as a pure text file, the       
       block based ANSi designs are referred to as NFOs, since they             
       originated in the information files with a .nfo file extension           
       often released together with cracked games and programs way back.        





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      ACiD Productions (rks)
      <1996/rks-001/RKS-ACID.ANS>

      The Metal Shoppe by Lord Jazz
      <1995/aura1195/LD-TMS1.ANS>

      ACiD MKii by tainted
      <2022/thesauna03/tnt-c1d.ans>

      Piranha by The Silent Killer
      <2020/laz12/tsk-pir3.ans>

      fuel logo (h7)
      <2018/fuel27/h7-fuelguest.ans>

      Lazarus by The Silent Killer
      <2020/laz12/tsk-laz4.ans>

      ledzepplin by lordjazz
      <1996/odium-03/LD-LZ1.ANS>

      Piranha by The Silent Killer
      <2020/laz12/tsk-pir2.ans>

      YMCA Warpus by burps
      <2019/thesauna01/BS-WARP.ANS>

      echo promo by tainted
      <2022/blocktronicsonice/tnt-3ch0.ans>

      Fokus Fonting by knocturnal
      <2022/thesauna03/k1-fokus.xb>

      The Elephants by Mistigris
      <2020/mist0120/US-DALI.ANS>

      hold fast bbs by tainted
      <2022/laz15/tnt-pir8.ans>

      wizards rainbow bbs by tainted
      <2022/laz15/tnt-w1zr.ans>

      acid underworld bbs by tainted
      <2022/laz15/tnt-acuw.ans>

      Obv/2 BBS screen (Lord Jazz)
      <1995/ld-obvs5/SYSOP.ANS>


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