ArtWorx Data Format

File Format
Name	ArtWorx Data Format
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics ArtWorx Data Format
Extension(s)	.adf
Released	1996

ArtWorx Data Format (ADF) is a character graphics format associated with the ArtWorx ANSI Art editor. Its features are similar to those of XBIN, except that it is not compressed.

The primary developer of ArtWorx was a person known as "HOOPTiE", or "HOOPTiE of Sector Logic". Other credits include "DREADLoC Design Crew", "Lord Cracker", "Black Knight", "Nivenh", "Stone The Crow", "Aphelion", "Neurotic", and "Misfit".

According to the change log, ADF support was new in ArtWorx v0.85 (1996-02).

Specifications

• ArtWorx Specification
• artx091a.zip → ADFVIEW.PAS (source code with comments)

Software

• ArtWorx (with ADF support):
  • v0.90 Rev. B (?): ARTX090C.ZIP
  • v0.91 Rev. A (?): artx091a.zip (source code: artx091a-s.zip)
• ArtWorx (without ADF support, for reference):
  • v0.50: aw050b.zip
  • v0.65: aw065b.zip
  • v0.75 Rev. D (?): awp075e.zip
• Ansilove
• Quick ADF Viewer (MS-DOS)
• FFmpeg
• Deark

Sample files

• artx091a.zip → ARTX-LGO.ADF
• dexvert samples — image/artworx