ASCII "art" - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2025, 12:10:02 am
content: Someone mentioned this in another thread here, and like the utterance of Beelzebub's or Betelgeuse's name, well, you asked for it.This is the best of what I have in my file. I know there's better stuff out there, so let's see it.(Of course be sure to use a monospaced font. The best look I found was with the board's "tt" tags.)_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _//\__\ /\ \ /\ \ /\ \/:/ _/_ \:\ \ \:\ \ \:\ \/:/ /\ \ \:\ \ \:\ \ \:\ \/:/ /::\ \ _____\:\ \ ___ \:\ \ ___ /::\ \/:/_/:/\:\__\ /::::::::\__\ /\ \ \:\__\ /\ /:/\:\__\\:\/:/ /:/ / \:\~~\~~\/__/ \:\ \ /:/ / \:\/:/ \/__/\::/ /:/ / \:\ \ \:\ /:/ / \::/__/\/_/:/ / \:\ \ \:\/:/ / \:\ \/:/ / \:\__\ \::/ / \:\__\\/__/ \/__/ \/__/ \/__/_____________________/| /| | |||__|| | |/ O O\__ |/ \ |/ \ \ |/ _ \ \ _______________|/ |\____\ \ ||/ | | | |\____/ ||/ \|_|_|/ | __||/ / \ |____| ||/ | | /| | --|| | |// |____ --|* _ | |_|_|_| | \-/*-- _--\ _ \ // |/ _ \\ _ // | /* / \_ /- | - | |* ___ c_c_c_C/ \C_c_c_c____________&######&&&###,)&## _____ _____ _ __ _____ _____),&## | _ \ / _ \ | | / / |_ _| / _ \/2&&# | |_| | | | | | | | __ / / | | | | | |5;&&# | _ { | | | | | | / | / / | | | | | |5@&&# | |_| | | |_| | | |/ |/ / | | | |_| |5@&&# |_____/ \_____/ |___/|___/ |_| \_____/5@&&#5@&&# ___ ___ _____ _____ _ __5@&&# / |/ | | ____| / _ \ | | / /5@&&# / /| /| | | |__ | | | | | | __ / /5@&&# / / |__/ | | | __| | | | | | | / | / /5@&&# / / | | | |___ | |_| | | |/ |/ /5@&&# /_/ |_| |_____| \_____/ |___/|___/5@&##5@&&# #5@&&# ############ ####5@&&# ################# &)###5@&## #################### #22###5@&## #&))&################### #)22)###5@&### #)2)))#################### ###)))####/2&&## &&22222)&##################### #)###&)#######),)&### )222222)####################### #),&##))#########,/&&####22222))########################## )2222##############,,&&####22222)####&&&&&&&&&&############# #22222##############&)&&####222))&###&&&&&&&&&&&&&##############)22222&#############&&&&&##)2)####&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&############2222)###&&&&&&&#####&&&&&###)&###&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&###########,22)&##&&&&&&&&&&####&&&&)&####&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&##########))##&&&&&&)))))&&&###&&&)&#&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&#########&&#&&&&&&&))))&)&&###&,),,&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&##########&&&&&&&&&)))))))&&//22)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&#######&&&&&&&&&&&) )))))55@5)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&##&&&&&&))&&### &))C5@5)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))&###@552&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))&&##/,,/)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))))&&&&,//2,&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))&))),555)&&&&&&&&&&&&)&&&&)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&)5/,&&&&&&&&&&&&)))))))&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&,)&&&&&&&&&&&&&)))))))&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&#&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&)))))))&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))&&)&)&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))))))&&&&&&&&&&&&&))))))))&&),/,&&&&&)))) &&&))&&&&&&&&))))))))))&,//,&&&&&))) &&))&&&&&&&&)))))))))&/,/,&&&&&&& &&&)&&&&&&)))))))//2,&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&))))2/5,&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&)5//)&&&#& &&&)&&&&&&/,/,&&&#& &),/&&&#//22&&### ,/5/&&##,5//&&### /,5,&&#&&,&)&&&## //@&&&&&&&&&&&## //@&&&&&&)&&&## /55&&&&//5&&## #,/#&&&5/5&&## #,,#&&&/,,&&## ,,#&&&,))&&## ,)####&,)&&### ######,,/&### #######/,/&##### #&)&####&,&&&&####### /5)&&&####&&&))&&&&&## ,&&)))&&##&)))))&&&& &)))))))&__ __ __ _| / \ /\ |_ |__||_ /\ | \|__\__//--\| | ||__/--\|_/___- - _( (~\_ _ / ___ ___ \ ( \> > \-/~/ / ~\ |/ V \ | _ > /(~\/|| | | /\ ;\ | _ _ \| ( \/ / /_\\)\)\)/ ;;; | ~) (~ |/) \ \ /////(())(__/~;;\ | | / (_._/ /(((__ __ \\ \ | "") ' ;:' i)))--`.'-- (( ;,8 \ \ <XXX> /| ;. ;.((\ | /)) .,88 `: ..,,;;;;,-.. \_ __/ | ;[8: ;)| ~-~ |(|(888; ..``'::::8888oooooo/| -- \~--._ |88::| |\-===- /| \8;; ``:. oo.8888888888:`((( o.ooo8888Oo;:;:' ||_~-___-~_| `-\. ` `o`88888888b` )) 888b88888P""' ; ;~~~~;~~ "`--_`. b`888888888;(.,"888b888" ..::;-'; ; ~"-.... b`8888888:::::.`8888. .:;;;''; ; `:::. `:::OOO:::::::.`OO' ;;;'': ; `. "``::::::'' .'; `. \_ /; ; +: ~~-- `:' -';`: : .::/; ;;+_ :::. :..;;;|_| |_|| | /^^^\ | |_| |_ (| "o" |) _| |__| | | | _ (_---_) _ | | | |_| | | | |' | _| |_ | `| | | | || | / \ | |\ / / /(. .)\ \ \ /\ / / / | . | \ \ \ /\ \/ / ||Y|| \ \/ /\__/ || || \__/() ()|| ||ooO Ooo( )_( )\. ./_=.=_"|~/ |~/~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | PO | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | OO | answers on *---|_______________ @__o0 | OL |<a href="news:alt.religion.scientology"> _____________|/_______| Lwww.xemu.demon.co.uk2B0D 5195 337B A3E6 DDAC BD38 7F2F FD8E 7391 F44F

author: squadchannel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2025, 03:14:50 am
content: ∧ ∧ ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|￣￣（ ﾟДﾟ)￣￣| ＜ もう寝る！|＼⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒＼ ＼| ＼ ＼ ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣＼ ｜⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒｜＼ |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|2ch ASCII art has many types, but since it's full of Japanese characters, it might break.https://kaomojich.com/aa/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_JIS_art

author: woofy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2025, 08:31:44 am
content: Anyone familiar with linux may have heard of Neofetch. This is a small app which enhances the terminal by listing useful data about the computer. It also includes ascii art for the logo's of various linux distributions. Its possible to replace this with your own ascii art for a customised display.Attached image shows my terminal.

author: ksjh
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2025, 08:50:09 am
content: The VLC media player allows to play videos as ASCII art, you can tryvlc --vout=cacavideo.mp4.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2025, 04:21:09 am
content: I remember having a huge folder back in the day of ASCII art text files. They were super popular on IRC.

author: ledtester
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2025, 07:39:12 am
content: The original "ASCII art" was line printer art which could take advantage of overstriking -- i.e. printing multiple characters on top of each other -- to achieve various effects.One picture that was popular to print was the Mono Lisa. Also Star Trek images were very popular.I found some examples at this site:https://www.gloveboxoptions.com/shopping/impact-printer-products-ascii-art

author: eutectique
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 02:37:33 pm
content: A bee on a carrot patch+---------------------------+| ^ ^ ^ || ^ ^ ^ ^ || ^ ^ ^ ^ || ^ B ^^ ^ || ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ || ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ || ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |+---------------------------+

author: granzeier
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 03:55:04 pm
content: Hah, that's good. Very punny.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 05:28:17 pm
content: Quotestared at that image many a time,the headmaster of my junior school had it on the wall behind his desk

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 05:55:17 pm
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author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 07:42:57 pm
content: As I recall from the 90's Hedy Lamarr was included in some graphic program:

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 08:01:43 pm
content: It's not ASCII art, but I do still use fixed-width README files using UTF-8 and Unicode box-drawing characters for nice-looking tables, especially for bit patterns:7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0├─┼─┴─┴─┴─┼─┴─┴─┤│s│ delta │ phi │└─┴───────┴─────┘(On my console/terminal, and in my text editors, the lines do connect nicely horizontally and vertically.)

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 08:15:01 pm
content: Quote from: Nominal Animal on September 02, 2025, 08:01:43 pmThat's good, and looks fine.However, I draw the line at ASCII schematics:+-------------------.C E.-------+| Q2 _\___/_ || 2N3055 | || (NPN) | || | R5 |+---------.E C.------+---/\/\---+| Q1 _\___/_ 500 || 2N2905 | || (PNP) / R4 || \ 5K || / || R3 | I +-------+ O | 1N4002Vin (+) o---+-+---/\/\---+---| LM317 |---+----+--+------+-------+---o Vout (+)| 22 +-------+ | | | || | A / _|_ | || | \ R1 /_\ D1 | || | / 120 | | |_|_ C1 | | | +_|_ C2 /--- 10uF +-------+---+---+ --- 47uF \ RL*| | | - | /| \ R2 +_|_ C3 | || +->/ 5K --- 10uF | || | \ - | | || | | | | |Vin(-) o------+---------------+--+-----------+----------+-------+---o Vout (-)(from the resourceful Sam Goldwasser)Pretty horrible.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2025, 09:02:50 pm
content: The same problem is with timing charts: there just aren't suitable glyphs in the Unicode set for those, either. Tables and the simplest line charts/trees one can do, but that is about it.One could add needed glyphs to the Unicode private use area to the fonts one uses, and that actually works well on the web, including forums like this one, where the modified font can be provided in OpenType/TrueType/WOFF2/WOFF format and render perfectly, including with hinting, in all browsers in all operating systems (exactly as well as native fonts). But it is not a reasonable solution for documentation in general, at all. It is much easier to use MarkDown or some other easy plain text format for documentation that supports e.g. SVG diagrams, make those schematics in Inkscape (yields very small, optimally crisp SVG files, also human-readable — I sometimes write SVG by hand, and many of my test cases output charts and diagrams in SVG), and a browser-based viewer that renders the HTML version real-time from the plain text formats, as used in GitHub and elsewhere.ASCII art was a solution to a problem that doesn't exist anymore, but is somewhat interesting as an art form, as a variant of custom rasterization, where individual raster points themselves are images or glyphs. Some artists have used custom rasterization to highlight dichotomy/duality/dissonances in perception, with close view often a counterpoint to the far view.