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[I]ndex [O]ldschool Ascii N[F]O art |
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[A]bout [N]ewschool Ascii AN[S]i art |
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[E]xplore A[m]iga Ascii |
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WE HAVE REACHED the final
destination here at Binary
Passion. This is the ANSi art
page, dedicated to 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.
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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People have made extraordinary
art based on everything from
famous photos, comic book
characters, fantasy worlds, and
horror movies to pure abstract
art from the these block
characters, but I always had a
soft spot for the typography and
logo creation.
-- But, what is an .ans file?
In essence it is a text file with
characters and the 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 if
you convert the 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
often referred to as NFOs
instead, since they originated in
the information files with a
.nfo file extension often
released together with cracked
games and programs way back. [See
NFO art for more info...].
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>
WE HAVE REACHED the final destination here at Binary Passion. This
is the ANSi art page, dedicated to 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.
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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People have made extraordinary art based on everything from famous
photos, comic book characters, fantasy worlds, and horror movies to
pure abstract art from the these block characters, but I always
had a soft spot for the typography and logo creation.
-- But, what is an .ans file?
In essence it is a text file with characters and the 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 if
you convert the escape codes into classes and CSS:
█░░█ █░░█ █▓▓█ █▓▓█
▀ ▀▀▀█▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀██▀█▀▀█▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀████ █▒▒█ ██▀█▀▀█▒▒█▀▀▀▀▀▀████
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▀▀▀▀ ████
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 often referred to as NFOs instead,
since they originated in the information files with a .nfo file
extension often released together with cracked games and programs
way back. [See NFO art for more info...].
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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