PETSCII video by Ailadi, 2023. Rosie Tucker – Hot Spring.

By Jiří Kolář, mid-1960s. From Typewriter Art.

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Emoticon-like characters in The Humboldt Union, Kansas, May 14, 1881. via Yesterday’s Print.

More 1800s emoticons here,

Amiga ASCII by Desoto, 1995-1996.

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Plotted textmode graphics (modified PETSCII) by Lykerex, 2024.

Texture poem for the moons of stars by Peter Finch, 1971. From Typewriter Art.

Formula PETSCII, a C64-demo by Performers, 2022.

Works by Ikko Tanaka, early 1980’s. via Design Reviewed.

Terminal Text Effects, a visual effects engine for terminals by Chris Builds. Only a selection of effects shown here. h/t: Ray Manta

The Hubot robot, 1983. A 50 kilo robot with speech synthesis, radio, a built-in Atari 2600 and many other features. Not sure if the graphics are textmode, but it looks like it? via