By Agda Österberg, 1960’s. Images from around the internets.

Amiga ASCII characters by Mortimer Twang, probably mid-1990s.

Pitman’s Typewriter Manual, 1893. The portrait at the bottom right is believed to be the oldest preserved typewritten portrait. via

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.