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1 | 1 | laforge | h1. ANSI Artwork |
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3 | ANSI artwork is a kind of low-resolution graphics that is created using the ANSI character set and its related color capabilities. It is typically made for the traditional 80 columns x 24 rows character mode display available on PC graphics cards. (24 rows as the 25th bottom row was usually occupied by the status line of the [[Terminal_Program]]. |
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5 | ANSI artwork can exceed far beyond its ancestor of ASCII artwork. |
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7 | See also |
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8 | * "wikipedia on ANSI art":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_art |
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9 | * "An Abbreviated History of the Underground Computer Art Scene":http://cd.textfiles.com/darkdomain/www/html/history-art_scene.html |
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10 | * "16colo.rs - Collection of ANSI art work":https://16colo.rs/ |
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12 | h2. Editors |
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14 | ANSI artwork can be created entirely by hand in a text editor, but it is relatively cumbersome to do so. |
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16 | Over time, dedicated software for the creation of ANSI art was established. |
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18 | The most well-known software at the time is probably "TheDraw":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw |
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20 | TheDraw is long unmaintained/abandoned. |
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22 | Today, there are open source alternatives such as |
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24 | 2 | roox | * "PabloDraw":https://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/ (.NET) |
25 | * "Moebius":https://github.com/blocktronics/moebius (node.js / Javascript) |
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27 | and closed source programs like |
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29 | * "REXPaint":https://www.gridsagegames.com/rexpaint/ (win32 only, but good support via wine) |
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31 | exist. |
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34 | ANSI art logo makers can also be utilized to create simple banners: |
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36 | * "WAB_Ansi_Logo_Maker":https://github.com/N0NameN0/WAB_Ansi_Logo_Maker (PHP) - "live demo":https://n0namen0.github.io/WAB_Ansi_Logo_Maker/ |