ASCII Art

アスキーアート / 1960s– / Technique / Text-based Imagery

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

Monospace characters / Character density / Terminal screens / Single color

ASCII Art — ASCII文字による図像（CC BY 3.0）ASCII Art — FIGletによるアスキー文字（CC BY-SA 4.0）ASCII Art — ASCIIアートの肖像（CC BY-SA 2.0 DE）
ASCII文字による図像（CC BY 3.0） ／ FIGletによるアスキー文字（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ ASCIIアートの肖像（CC BY-SA 2.0 DE）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Studying the style's historical context · Comparing the visual vocabulary across real works
Type
Choose by the source era and medium
Composition
Identify and reproduce one governing compositional principle
Material
Verify the materials and production conditions of real examples
Caution
Don't borrow only the name. Verify the era, media and culture in which it formed.
Further study
typewriter art / terminal culture / ANSI art

Related entries

Source: Wikimedia Commons — ASCII art

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