The Surprisingly Rich History of ASCII Art

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 03:28:56 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
https://thenewstack.io/surprisingly-rich-history-ascii-art/

"Text art predates computers by a long while. Researching the topic, I
learned that people have been playing around with the spacing of their
text since ancient Greece, a phenomenon which is sometimes called
“concrete poetry” (or “shape poetry”)."

Via Esther Schindler.

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