title: Alt attribute for ASCII art in HTML?
body: <p>This is a very (<strong>very</strong>) specific question, but would it be appropriate to use the <code>alt</code> attribute for a <code>pre</code> tag when using that to show ASCII art? It's essentially like an image (which wouldn't be intelligible using a screen reader), so using <code>alt</code> makes sense.</p>
  <pre><code>&lt;pre alt=&quot;A cute little blob creature&quot;&gt;༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ&lt;/pre&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>Would is be read by a screen reader? Would this be appropriate or good form?</p>
  <p>(I could imagine other situations where this might arise, like using a typographical object to denote a particular action, such as a &quot;home&quot; link.)</p>