ANSI Art

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'''ANSI Art''' is a variant on [[ASCII Art]] which uses ANSI escape sequences in addition to ASCII characters in order to do things like changing colors. It also uses characters from the [[MS-DOS encodings|IBM PC code page]] which aren't part of ASCII, allowing a wider range of characters including various graphical symbols and box-drawing characters. This sort of art was popular on bulletin board systems in the 1980s.
 
'''ANSI Art''' is a variant on [[ASCII Art]] which uses ANSI escape sequences in addition to ASCII characters in order to do things like changing colors. It also uses characters from the [[MS-DOS encodings|IBM PC code page]] which aren't part of ASCII, allowing a wider range of characters including various graphical symbols and box-drawing characters. This sort of art was popular on bulletin board systems in the 1980s.
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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [http://ansilove.sourceforge.net/ Ansilove]: Open-source PHP-based tools to convert ANSI and similar formats to [[PNG]] images
 
* [http://ansilove.sourceforge.net/ Ansilove]: Open-source PHP-based tools to convert ANSI and similar formats to [[PNG]] images
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* [https://github.com/ansilove/AnsiLove-C AnsiLove/C]
 
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidview6-win32/ ACiD View]: ANSI art (and other format) viewer for Windows
 
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidview6-win32/ ACiD View]: ANSI art (and other format) viewer for Windows
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* [[FFmpeg]]
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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* [http://nyancat.dakko.us/ Nyan Cat in telnet-accessible ANSI animation]
 
* [http://nyancat.dakko.us/ Nyan Cat in telnet-accessible ANSI animation]
 
* [http://breakintochat.com/blog/2013/09/20/birthday-screens-using-gif-ansi-converters/ Birthday screens using GIF -> ANSI converters]
 
* [http://breakintochat.com/blog/2013/09/20/birthday-screens-using-gif-ansi-converters/ Birthday screens using GIF -> ANSI converters]
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== See also ==
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* [[BIN (Binary Text)]]
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* [[XBIN]]
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* [[iCE Draw]]
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* [[ArtWorx Data Format]]
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* [[SAUCE]]

Revision as of 14:14, 30 August 2015

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ANSI Art is a variant on ASCII Art which uses ANSI escape sequences in addition to ASCII characters in order to do things like changing colors. It also uses characters from the IBM PC code page which aren't part of ASCII, allowing a wider range of characters including various graphical symbols and box-drawing characters. This sort of art was popular on bulletin board systems in the 1980s.

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