Text-based Imagery

文字による画像

Dictionary entry

  1. ASCII Art 1960s– / Technique

    Uses limited characters on a monospace grid as pixels, building image and tone from text alone.

  2. ANSI Art (BBS Scene) 1985–1997 / Style

    Login screens and group art packs drawn in the 16-color text mode of the BBS age. Block-character shading and inter-group competition made the summit of pre-web screen decoration.

  3. Teletext Art 1974–2012 / revival / Style

    Screen art drawn in broadcast text mode — a 40x24 mosaic of eight fixed colors. The extreme abstraction of Ceefax weather maps and news pages is being revived as a classic of constraint aesthetics.

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