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
apingaround:


Space Invaders

apingaround:

Space Invaders

Motifs for Children nº 197, published by Patons (UK), via.

A belt from ca 1680, symbolizing a treaty between the north American Turtle Clan and William Penn, who said “We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good-will; no advantage shall be taken on either side”.
Not sure how well that worked out… Also, seems like the belt was copyrighted in 1905.

A belt from ca 1680, symbolizing a treaty between the north American Turtle Clan and William Penn, who said “We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good-will; no advantage shall be taken on either side”.

Not sure how well that worked out… Also, seems like the belt was copyrighted in 1905.

“Woven Paint” by Robert Davidovitz (2009-2010)

Taliesin. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher, USA 1954, via.

 Nümph BETZY, cardigan multicolor.

 Nümph BETZY, cardigan multicolor.

Crocheted bags (aka mochilas) by the Wayuu people in Colombia & Venezuela. 

Crocheted bags (aka mochilas) by the Wayuu people in Colombia & Venezuela. 

Wild Geese Quilts by Rita Dijkstra of Hengelo (NL)
The Wild (or Flying) Geese pattern is a special case of the triangle family of quilt patterns.

Quilt by Lureca Outland ((Robert & Helen Cargo Collection).)

Quilt by Lureca Outland ((Robert & Helen Cargo Collection).)

Ceremonial Mantle Sihuas Valley, Nasca region, Peru 200 B.C. - 400 A.D.?

Ceremonial Mantle Sihuas Valley, Nasca region, Peru 200 B.C. - 400 A.D.?

“Internet Killed the Teletext” T-shirt by thomashy2000

“Internet Killed the Teletext” T-shirt by thomashy2000

By Robert Davidovitz (2012) for the World of Threads Festival (Ontario, Canada)

By Juan Cotzal.

By Juan Cotzal.