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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.
  
== Links and references ==
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== Specifications and references ==
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/ansix364.txt ANSI control sequences]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/ansix364.txt ANSI control sequences]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/ansicodes.pro ANSI code list]
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/ansicodes.pro ANSI code list]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_art ANSI art (Wikipedia)]
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* [[Wikipedia:ANSI escape code|ANSI escape code (Wikipedia)]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code ANSI escape code (Wikipedia)]
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* [http://ansilove.sourceforge.net/ Ansilove] -- open-source PHP-based tools to convert ANSI and similar formats to [[PNG]] images
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== Software ==
* [http://sixteencolors.net/pack/blocktronics_16colors Sixteen Colors: ANSI art packs]
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* [http://ansilove.sourceforge.net/ Ansilove]: Open-source PHP-based tools to convert ANSI and similar formats to [[PNG]] images
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidview6-win32/ ACiD View: ANSI art (and other format) viewer for Windows]
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/acidview6-win32/ ACiD View]: ANSI art (and other format) viewer for Windows
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNs1GChGDk&feature=player_embedded Sixteen Colors: Video about ANSI art]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpUb3mUExA Blocktronics ACiD Trip (2013) (video of really huge ANSI art)]
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== Sample files ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9yejh92tc BBS: The Documentary Part 5 - Artscene (video)]
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* [http://sixteencolors.net/ Sixteen Colors]
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** [http://sixteencolors.net/pack Sixteen Colors Artpack Archive]
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** [https://github.com/sixteencolors/sixteencolors-archive Sixteen Colors Archive at GitHub]
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia:ANSI art|ANSI art (Wikipedia)]]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNs1GChGDk Sixteen Colors: Video about ANSI art]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zpUb3mUExA Blocktronics ACiD Trip (2013)] (video of really huge ANSI art)
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9yejh92tc BBS: The Documentary Part 5 - Artscene] (video)
 
* [http://nyancat.dakko.us/ Nyan Cat in telnet-accessible ANSI animation]
 
* [http://nyancat.dakko.us/ Nyan Cat in telnet-accessible ANSI animation]

Revision as of 20:55, 29 March 2015

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Name ANSI Art
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Extension(s) .ans

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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  • Ansilove: Open-source PHP-based tools to convert ANSI and similar formats to PNG images
  • ACiD View: ANSI art (and other format) viewer for Windows

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