A collection of text graphics and related works, stretching back thousands of years. Textiles, BBS-graphics, poetry, mosaic, typography, and much more. Collected by Raquel Meyers and Goto80.

Includes formats such as shift-JIS, PETSCII, ASCII, ANSI, RTTY, ATASCII, unicode, braille, xbin ...
Made for media like videotex, teletext, BBS, buildings, typewriters, clothes, textile, letterpress, toys, telidon, antiope, print, minitel

With styles such as animation, typography, mosaic, poetry, text art, χχχ, text mode, advertising, elite, kufic, sloyd

Putting the emphasis on grids, patterns, emoticons, tiles, tessellations

From ancient times and the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s , 2000s, 2010s
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By asciigod, 2009. An American warez man.

By asciigod, 2009. An American warez man.

#amiga      #ascii      #elite      #2000s     

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Hey, who will be our 1911th follower? ??

Hey, who will be our 1911th follower?

??

#ansi      #elite     

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Detail from an ANSI by King Midas / ACiD, 1996.

Detail from an ANSI by King Midas / ACiD, 1996.

#1990s      #ansi      #elite     

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By Jashiin, 2002.

By Jashiin, 2002.

#ascii      #elite      #2000s     

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Very particular ANSI-style from Jerusalem / Boil, 1998.

#ansi      #elite      #1990s     

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Ageema Blues by Avenger / Black Maiden, 2001. Ageema Blues (the netlabel) is still online and has plenty of good soul disco chip noise.

Ageema Blues by Avenger / Black Maiden, 2001. Ageema Blues (the netlabel) is still online and has plenty of good soul disco chip noise.

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Tribute to Fractal, 2001. Made by Shrimp, a 16-year-old from Jerusalem.

Tribute to Fractal, 2001. Made by Shrimp, a 16-year-old from Jerusalem.

#ansi      #elite      #2000s     

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By T-Bob and Konami of MIMIC, early 2000s.

By T-Bob and Konami of MIMIC, early 2000s.

#2000s      #ansi      #elite     

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Welcome to book 22 by ave & fastjack, 2001. For Black Maiden.

Welcome to book 22 by ave & fastjack, 2001. For Black Maiden.

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ANSI cat by kyp / Black Maiden, 2001.

ANSI cat by kyp / Black Maiden, 2001.

#2000s      #ansi      #elite     

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Because Tumblr needs more Amiga ASCII. (via atochip)

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Picture from the ANSI exhibition at 20 goto 10, 2008. ACiD. Photo by Sara Golemon.

Picture from the ANSI exhibition at 20 goto 10, 2008. ACiD. Photo by Sara Golemon.

#ansi      #2000s      #elite      #bbs     

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ch4mba: want fame?

ch4mba:

want fame?

#ascii      #ansi      #elite     

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D I S T O R T I O N - T O - S T A T I C by rAmOn & Red Demon (House of Style)

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Extracts from Logo Collection #20 by Avenger / Black Maiden, 2001.

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