this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Warez and their .txt readmes. They would do that ASCII art by hand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How else can it be done? Any attempt to convert images or text into ASCII art automatically looks at best uninspired and boring and at worst like trash.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

There was an app for MacOS...7? I think. It was called ASCIIPaint, and it allowed you to draw these pictures using a mouse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think "by hand" implies making ascii art in a text editor, rather than in a dedicated drawing tool that lets you paint characters etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's exactly what I'm saying. Using pre-made characters looks cheap. Good enough for a 13-year-old’s geocities website, not good for something pretty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

.DIZ readmes, ftfy.