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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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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 ░░▒▒▓▓
+--------------------------------------+
| Moebius |
+--------------------------------------+
| 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 |
+--------------------------------------+
| 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. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt |
+--------------------------------------+
| A browser extension to view DOS and |
| Amiga Text Mode Art directly in the |
| browser. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Monodraw |
+--------------------------------------+
| Powerful ASCII art editor designed |
| for the Mac. Monodraw allows you to |
| easily create text-based art like |
| diagrams, layouts, and flow charts. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSi to PNG converter - A set of |
| tools to convert ANSi and artscene |
| related file formats into PNG |
| images |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Ascension |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSI/ASCII art viewer for Mac OS X |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| blockshow |
+--------------------------------------+
| A PHP class to convert ANSI files to |
| png |
+--------------------------------------+
▓▓▒▒░░ Informat10n ░░▒▒▓▓
+--------------------------------------+
| Terminal colour highlights |
+--------------------------------------+
| Using colour effectively at a text |
| console |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| ArakNet: BBS Art |
+--------------------------------------+
| BBS ART comprises many different |
| mediums that can be transmitted |
| through dial-up or telnet |
| communication. The most common BBS |
| ART is textmode art (ANSI/ASCII). |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSI art - Break Into Chat |
+--------------------------------------+
| ANSI art is a computer art form that |
| was widely used at one time on |
| BBSes. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Textmode Art - A Precursor of Web De |
+--------------------------------------+
| Computer systems offered dauntingly |
| blinking cursors on text screens |
| and up to 16 predefined colours to |
| those who could afford them. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| From ANSi to nerd fonts... |
+--------------------------------------+
| ... and some other stuff to get you |
| feeling nostalgic |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| artpacks.acid.org |
+--------------------------------------+
| An Abbreviated History of the |
| Underground Computer Art Scene |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| ASCII, NFO Art & Text Encodings |
+--------------------------------------+
| Accurate display of ASCII art and |
| NFO text in a browser. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Presenting RetroTxt |
+--------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt available on the Chrome Web |
| Store. It is a ASCII art & NFO |
| browser for Chrome. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| 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 |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+--------------------------------------+
| Preserving the Heritage of Text Mode |
| Based Art. Ansilove has 10 |
| repositories available. Follow |
| their code on GitHub. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Display ANSI art and animation in a |
+--------------------------------------+
| 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. |
+--------------------------------------+
▓▓▒▒░░ 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> |
| |
+----------+
Back to the BBS - The Art scene
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
The Art Of Warez
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
BBS The Documentary Part 5/8: Ar...
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
Archiving the Evolution of ANSI ...
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
This history of the ANSI/ASCII A...
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
Text Mode Graphics - tutorial to...
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
The Art of Textmode
+----------+
| |
| l> |
| |
+----------+
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 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A browser extension to view DOS and Amiga Text Mode Art directly |
| in the browser. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Monodraw |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac. Monodraw allows |
| you to easily create text-based art like diagrams, layouts, and |
| flow charts. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSi to PNG converter - A set of tools to convert ANSi and |
| artscene related file formats into PNG images |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ascension |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI/ASCII art viewer for Mac OS X |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| blockshow |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A PHP class to convert ANSI files to png |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
_ _______ _______: _______ ____ _
_\__ /___\__ /___\__ //_____\_ /__
.--------------------/ ___/ °/ ___/ °/ __ °/ __ °/--------------------.
| \ \\___| \\___| \\___| \\___| \\ |
`------------------------|____//--|____//--|____//--|____//-/-----------------'
Information and Resources if you like to read more and dig deeper.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Terminal colour highlights |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Using colour effectively at a text console |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ArakNet: BBS Art |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| BBS ART comprises many different mediums that can be transmitted |
| through dial-up or telnet communication. The most common BBS ART |
| is textmode art (ANSI/ASCII). |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI art - Break Into Chat |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI art is a computer art form that was widely used at one time |
| on BBSes. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Textmode Art - A Precursor of Web Design |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Computer systems offered dauntingly blinking cursors on text |
| screens and up to 16 predefined colours to those who could afford |
| them. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| From ANSi to nerd fonts... |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ... and some other stuff to get you feeling nostalgic |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| artpacks.acid.org |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| An Abbreviated History of the Underground Computer Art Scene |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ASCII, NFO Art & Text Encodings |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Accurate display of ASCII art and NFO text in a browser. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Presenting RetroTxt |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| RetroTxt available on the Chrome Web Store. It is a ASCII art & |
| NFO browser for Chrome. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ansilove |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Preserving the Heritage of Text Mode Based Art. Ansilove has 10 |
| repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Display ANSI art and animation in a modern terminal? |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
______ _ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ _______ _______ _______ _
_\ ___/___\__ //__\__ 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B20ebtwcIAY
+----------+
+----------+
| | 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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