Arte in ASCII
Le arte in ASCII (ASCII art) consiste de figuras formate per characteres (habitualmente del collection definite per ASCII). Illos pote esser create con un editor de textos. Le majoritate require un typo de litteras non proportional pro visualisation correcte.

Le formas plus simple de arte in ASCII es emoticones: micre combinationes de duo o tres characteres pro exprimer emotiones in un texto. :-) Exemplos plus complexe usa plure lineas de textos pro designar figuras plus complexe. Il esseva un costume popular poner tal designos in le signatura in messages de e-mail e articulos in gruppos Usenet. Alcun exemplos commun:

<nowiki>
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    `\~-._| \`
     `\   ~\ )
       \-  //              (__)
  ,,.--(_ ("""'^.          (oo)
 ;;( ,___, ,/~`\;   /-------\/             O          _o
;' )/>/  '--,      / |     ||     /o)\    /H\       _|<,_
   | `\   |"      *  ||----||     \(o/    / \      (*)/(*)
   "   "  "          ~~    ~~
     Pegaso            Bove     Yin/Yang Homine  Bicycletta

                           ''~``
                          ( o o )
  +------------------.oooO--(_)--Oooo.------------------+
  |                                                     |
  |         Signatura  .oooO         de e-mail          |
  |                    (   )   Oooo.                    |
  +---------------------\ (----(   )--------------------+
                         \_)    ) /
                               (_/</nowiki>

Alcun typos ignora le forma del characteres e los tracta como blocos plus o minus occupate:

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                                     '''''</nowiki>

Arte in ASCII es usate quandocunque texto se imprime o transmitte plus promptemente que graphicos, per exemplo via machinas a scriber, telex, terminales de computator textual, retes de computatores primitive, messages de e-mail e articulos in Usenet.

Es simplice generar arte in ASCII con algorithmos. Existe editores de texto specialisate projectate pro designar lineas, rectangulos, e areas plen facilemente. Converter un imagine formate per pixels in arte in ASCII es un caso special de quantification de vectores.

Ligamines externe 
 AscGen, un programma pro converter imagines in arte in ASCII: http://www.imagespro.com/programs/1141/ 
 http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ — Un "dictionario" anglese—arte in ASCII
 ASCII Art Generator
 Gruppo de novas alt.ascii-art (in anglese): news:alt.ascii-art archivo web del gruppo
 ASCII Art & Forum 

Arte
Codification de characteres