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[I]ndex [O]ldschool Ascii AN[S]i art |
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[A]bout [N]ewschool Ascii N[F]O art |
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[E]xplore A[m]iga Ascii |
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IF YOU LIKE to explore text mode
art, and espacially Ascii or ANSi
art, this give you some great
starting points.
Below is a list of tools like
editors and browser extensions,
informative web sites, and a
couple of videos that you can
check out.
▓▓▒▒░░ Tools ░░▒▒▓▓
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| Moebius ANSI Art Editor |
+--------------------------------------+
| Moebius is a new ANSI and ASCII |
| Editor for MacOS, Windows, and |
| Linux. If you want to try drawing |
| something, this is a great start. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| PabloDraw |
+--------------------------------------+
| PabloDraw is an Ansi/Ascii text and |
| RIPscrip vector graphic art |
| editor/viewer with multi-user |
| capabilities. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| Durdraw - ANSI, ASCII and Unicode Ar |
+--------------------------------------+
| Durdraw is an open source ASCII and |
| ANSI Art text editor for drawing in |
| the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with |
| animation, 256 and 16 colors, |
| Unicode and CP437, and customizable |
| themes. Screenshots, downloads, |
| software information. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| Monodraw |
+--------------------------------------+
| Powerful ASCII art editor designed |
| for the Mac. Monodraw allows you to |
| easily create text-based art like |
| diagrams, layouts, and flow charts. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt |
+--------------------------------------+
| A browser extension to view DOS and |
| Amiga Text Mode Art directly in the |
| browser. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| Ansilove - ANSi to PNG converter |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSi to PNG converter - A set of |
| tools to convert ANSi and artscene |
| related file formats into PNG |
| images |
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| ansilove/Ascension: ANSI/ASCII art v |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSI/ASCII art viewer for Mac OS X. |
| Contribute to ansilove/Ascension |
| development by creating an account |
| on GitHub. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| blockshow |
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| A PHP class to convert ANSI files to |
| png |
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▓▓▒▒░░ Informat10n ░░▒▒▓▓
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| ANSI art - Break Into Chat - BBS wik |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Textmode Art — A Precursor of Web De |
+--------------------------------------+
| Attendees of this year’s beyond |
| tellerrand Düsseldorf edition were |
| treated to a decidedly low |
| resolution design of the |
| conference. Here’s… |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Terminal colour highlights |
+--------------------------------------+
| Using colour effectively at a text |
| console |
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+--------------------------------------+
| ArakNet: BBS Art (ANSI/ASCII/PETSCII |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| artpacks.acid.org - history |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+--------------------------------------+
| Preserving the Heritage of Text Mode |
| Based Art. Ansilove has 10 |
| repositories available. Follow |
| their code on GitHub. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack: |
+--------------------------------------+
| Home of the world's biggest |
| collection of classic text mode |
| fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts |
| from DOS-era IBM PCs and |
| compatibles |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| ASCII, NFO Art & Text Encodings |
+--------------------------------------+
| After last month’s successful |
| rollout of the JavaScript DOS |
| emulation throughout the site. |
| There has been one other gripe I |
| have been wanting to overcome on |
| Defacto2 and that is the accurate |
| displa… |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Presenting RetroTxt, the ASCII art & |
+--------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt available on the Chrome Web |
| Store. Last month I wrote a long |
| post titled ASCII, NFO Art & Text |
| Encodings. That covered the |
| complications and technical |
| difficulties involved in accurate… |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Is there a simple way to display ANS |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSI art and animations were |
| prevalent on BBS systems in the |
| late 80s and early 90s, and the |
| ANSI art scene continues to thrive |
| today. There are thousands of ANSI |
| art files, with usual extension |
| .a... |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| From ANSi to nerd fonts… |
+--------------------------------------+
| … and some other stuff to get you |
| feeling nostalgic |
+--------------------------------------+
▓▓▒▒░░ Videos ░░▒▒▓▓
If you are more of a visul learner
there are a few videos
below that might peek your
interest and give you an
introduction to the art scene and
the good old days.
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| l> |
| |
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Back to the BBS - The Art scene
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| |
| l> |
| |
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The Art Of Warez
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| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
BBS The Documentary Part 5/8: Artscene
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
This history of the ANSI/ASCII Art Scene
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
Text Mode Graphics - tutorial to ANSI & ASCII
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| |
| l> |
| |
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The Art of Textmode
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| l> |
| |
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Textmode Underground Podcast
▓▓▒▒░░ Related ░░▒▒▓▓
To this day, a lot of relevant
software still use a Text-based
User Interface (TUI) instead of a
Graphical User Interface (GUI),
since there are a lot of
situations where the simplicity
of a terminal is preferred, but
the convenience of an easier user
interface is desired.
That's a whole different story,
but if you like to go down that
road I'll recommend the Awesome
TUIs repository.
As already mentioned, the idea of
making art from text is old.
Really old. But the art we look
at here has it's roots from
typewriter art and text based art
sent via telegraphs long ago.
Take a look at James Cook's photo
gallery for some awesome
examples.
A search for ascii art give you a
lot of results. That type of
ascii art has its own audience
and place, and a lot of wonderful
projects, but never interested
me much.
Another form of textmode art is
the animated ascii such as ASCII
Play by ertdfgcvb.
Designing during hard constraints
brings out creativity and focus
which I think we lack in many
situations given today's
bandwidth, graphics, and
sometimes lazy way of building
digital things.
IF YOU LIKE to explore text mode art, and espacially Ascii or ANSi
art, this give you some great starting points.
Below is a list of tools like editors and browser extensions,
informative web sites, and a couple of videos that you can check
out.
______ _____ ____ ___ ______ ______
_\ ___/__\_//__\ _/______\__ /___\ ___/__
.----------------/ _____/ °/ \__ °/ ___/ °/\____ °/------------------.
| \ \\__ \\ \__ \\____| \\___| \\ /sk| \\ |
`------------------|___//--|___//---|____//--|____//-\_____//-/---------------'
Editors and Other Tools used to create ANSi and ASCii art.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Moebius ANSI Art Editor |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Moebius is a new ANSI and ASCII Editor for MacOS, Windows, and Linux. If |
| you want to try drawing something, this is a great start. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PabloDraw |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| PabloDraw is an Ansi/Ascii text and RIPscrip vector graphic art |
| editor/viewer with multi-user capabilities. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Durdraw - ANSI, ASCII and Unicode Art Animation Studio for Linux |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Durdraw is an open source ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in |
| the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 and 16 colors, Unicode |
| and CP437, and customizable themes. Screenshots, downloads, software |
| information. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Monodraw |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac. Monodraw allows you to |
| easily create text-based art like diagrams, layouts, and flow charts. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A browser extension to view DOS and Amiga Text Mode Art directly in the |
| browser. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ansilove - ANSi to PNG converter |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSi to PNG converter - A set of tools to convert ANSi and artscene |
| related file formats into PNG images |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ansilove/Ascension: ANSI/ASCII art viewer for Mac OS X |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI/ASCII art viewer for Mac OS X. Contribute to ansilove/Ascension |
| development by creating an account on GitHub. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| blockshow |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A PHP class to convert ANSI files to png |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
_ _______ _______: _______ ____ _
_\__ /___\__ /___\__ //_____\_ /__
.--------------------/ ___/ °/ ___/ °/ __ °/ __ °/--------------------.
| \ \\___| \\___| \\___| \\___| \\ |
`------------------------|____//--|____//--|____//--|____//-/-----------------'
Information and Resources if you like to read more and dig deeper.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI art - Break Into Chat - BBS wiki |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Textmode Art — A Precursor of Web Design |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Attendees of this year’s beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf edition were treated |
| to a decidedly low resolution design of the conference. Here’s… |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Terminal colour highlights |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Using colour effectively at a text console |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ArakNet: BBS Art (ANSI/ASCII/PETSCII/RIP) |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| artpacks.acid.org - history |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Preserving the Heritage of Text Mode Based Art. Ansilove has 10 |
| repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack: Home |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Home of the world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system |
| fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ASCII, NFO Art & Text Encodings |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| After last month’s successful rollout of the JavaScript DOS emulation |
| throughout the site. There has been one other gripe I have been wanting |
| to overcome on Defacto2 and that is the accurate displa… |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Presenting RetroTxt, the ASCII art & NFO browser for Chrome |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt available on the Chrome Web Store. Last month I wrote a long post |
| titled ASCII, NFO Art & Text Encodings. That covered the complications |
| and technical difficulties involved in accurate… |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Is there a simple way to display ANSI art and animation files in a modern |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI art and animations were prevalent on BBS systems in the late 80s and |
| early 90s, and the ANSI art scene continues to thrive today. There are |
| thousands of ANSI art files, with usual extension .a... |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| From ANSi to nerd fonts… |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| … and some other stuff to get you feeling nostalgic |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
______ _ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ _______ _______ _______ _
_\ ___/___\__ //__\__ Y __/_\__ Y __/__\__ /___\__ //___ ____ _
.------/ | °/ | °/ \_/ °/ \_/ °/ ___/ °/ | °// °/--------.
| \ \\___| \\___' \\____| \\____| \\___| \\___| \\__ sk\ |
`----------|____//-|_____//---|____//---|____//--|____//--|____//|___/--------'
If you are more of a visul learner there are a few videos below
that might peek your interest and give you an introduction to the
art scene and the good old days.
+----------+
| | Back to the BBS - The Art scene
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOghuaxh88U
+----------+
+----------+
| | The Art Of Warez
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://vimeo.com/341663153
+----------+
+----------+
| | BBS The Documentary Part 5/8: Artscene
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t74FlFL_M0
+----------+
+----------+
| | Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrnNxbfy2M
+----------+
+----------+
| | This history of the ANSI/ASCII Art Scene
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1mzTpCWnc
+----------+
+----------+
| | Text Mode Graphics - tutorial to ANSI & ASCII
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://youtu.be/B20ebtwcIAY?si=QtrZa1i2eNRoLJfG
+----------+
+----------+
| | The Art of Textmode
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXPN-QSd0Y
+----------+
+----------+
| | Textmode Underground Podcast
| l> | ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRzYf5s0Tk
+----------+
_ _______ _ ______ ___ _ ____ _______
_\__ //___\__ //__\_ | | //__\ ___/__
.------------------/ | °/ ___/ °/ | | °/\____ °/---------------------.
| \ \\___| \\___| \\______ \\ /sk| \\ |
`----------------------|____//--|____//--|_____//-\_____//-/------------------'
To this day, a lot of relevant software still use a Text-based User
Interface (TUI) instead of a Graphical User Interface (GUI), since
there are a lot of situations where the simplicity of a terminal
is preferred, but the convenience of an easier user interface is
desired.
That's a whole different story, but if you like to go down that
road I'll recommend the Awesome TUIs repository.
As already mentioned, the idea of making art from text is old.
Really old. But the art we look at here has it's roots from
typewriter art and text based art sent via telegraphs long ago.
Take a look at James Cook's photo gallery for some awesome
examples.
A search for ascii art give you a lot of results. That type of
ascii art has its own audience and place, and a lot of wonderful
projects, but never interested me much.
Another form of textmode art is the animated ascii such as ASCII
Play by ertdfgcvb.
Designing during hard constraints brings out creativity and focus
which I think we lack in many situations given today's bandwidth,
graphics, and sometimes lazy way of building digital things.
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