Monodraw – an ASCII-editor for the Mac under development. It’s presented primarily as a way to model ideas and structures, rather than making art.
Monodraw allows you to easily create text-based art – like diagrams, layouts, flow charts and visually represent algorithms, data structures, binary formats and more.
source. h/t: prostheticknowledge. (and yes, technically it’s Unicode and not ASCII)
Steve Jobs & Susan Kare, by Charis Tsevis for Typorn, 2014. Uses the 1-bit fonts of the first Mac.
h/t: prostheticknowledge
Norway’s money will look like this in 2017. Designed by Snøhetta.
More info. h/t: Mike Judge
Kopimi Totem (2014) by Evan Roth features 7 wi-fi routers, whose network names together form an ASCII-pyramid. They all provide read/write access to the Piratbyrån archives.
Programs that look good. Some of them are calligrams. From the tEMPEL dES cODES by Nikon (aka Lord Nikon), 2013/14.
source. Btw, does anyone know a Unicode font that displays those ANSI-gradient-characters nicely?
Work in progress by Tyler Deeb, 2014. The photo of the finished work, Dead Flowers Mural, was added in 2024.
