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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ASCII art</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="ASCII.html" title="ASCII"/><link rel="next" href="ASCIIbetical-order.html" title="ASCIIbetical order"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ASCII art</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ASCII.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="ASCIIbetical-order.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ASCII-art"/><dt xmlns="" id="ASCII-art"><b>ASCII art</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set
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(mainly <tt class="literal">|</tt>, <tt class="literal">-</tt>, <tt class="literal">/</tt>,
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<tt class="literal">\</tt>, and <tt class="literal">+</tt>). Also known as <span class="firstterm">character graphics</span> or <span class="firstterm">ASCII graphics</span>; see also
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<a href="../B/boxology.html"><i class="glossterm">boxology</i></a>. Here is a serious example:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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o----)||(--+--|<----+ +---------o + D O
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L )||( | | | C U
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A I )||( +-->|-+ | +-\/\/-+--o - T
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C N )||( | | | | P
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E )||( +-->|-+--)---+--|(--+-o U
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o----)||(--+--|<----+----------+
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A power supply consisting of a full wave rectifier circuit
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feeding a capacitor input filter circuit
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>And here are some very silly examples:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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|\/\/\/| ____/| ___ |\_/| ___
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| | \ o.O| ACK! / \_ |` '| _/ \
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| | =(_)= THPHTH! / \/ \/ \
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| (o)(o) U / \
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C _) (__) \/\/\/\ _____ /\/\/\/
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| ,___| (oo) \/ \/
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| / \/-------\ U (__)
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/____\ || | \ /---V `v'- oo )
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/ \ ||---W|| * * |--| || |`. |_/\
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//-o-\\
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____---=======---____
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====___\ /.. ..\ /___==== Klingons rule OK!
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// ---\__O__/--- \\
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\_\ /_/
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>There is an important subgenre of ASCII art that puns on the standard
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character names in the fashion of a rebus.</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
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| ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ |
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| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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| ^^^^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^^ |
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| ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
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" A Bee in the Carrot Patch "
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>Within humorous ASCII art, there is for some reason an entire
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flourishing subgenre of pictures of silly cows. Four of these are
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reproduced in the examples above, here are three more:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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(__) (__) (__)
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(\/) ($$) (**)
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/-------\/ /-------\/ /-------\/
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/ | 666 || / |=====|| / | ||
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* ||----|| * ||----|| * ||----||
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~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
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Satanic cow This cow is a Yuppie Cow in love
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>Finally, here's a magnificent example of ASCII art depicting an
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Edwardian train station in Dunedin, New Zealand:</p><table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0"><tr><td><pre class="screen">
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., |-,-| ., L_J |_| [I] |_| L_J ., |-,-| ., .,
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JL |-O-| JL L_J%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%L_J JL |-O-| JL JL
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</pre></td></tr></table><p>The next step beyond static tableaux in ASCII art is ASCII animation.
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There are not many large examples of this; perhaps the best known is the
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ASCII animation of the original <i class="citetitle">Star Wars</i> movie at
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<a href="http://www.asciimation.co.nz/" target="_top">http://www.asciimation.co.nz/</a>.</p><p>There is a newsgroup, <tt class="systemitem">alt.ascii-art</tt>, devoted to this genre;
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however, see also <a href="../W/warlording.html"><i class="glossterm">warlording</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ASCII.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="ASCIIbetical-order.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ASCII<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>ASCIIbetical order</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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