Nokia ringtones teletext ads from 2001, recovered by the teletext archeologist.
Big ASCII print in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by James Athurman.
Ads in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1873-1874 found by Paul Soulellis. ASCII advertising was quite popular at the time, and these are almost like concrete poetry advertising?
In the 1870′s, Brooklyn Furniture Company spent more on ads than any other furniture company. And they did plenty of text graphics!
More in this ASCII-detective story.
Big ASCII from an HTC ad shot in São Paulo, Brazil 2012. Video here.