T E X T F I L E S
ASCII Artwork
Not content to be limited by the text of ASCII, people since the beginning of computer communication have used the given character set of a system to express themselves artistically. Ranging from the ubiquitous smiley :) to extreme photo-realistic digitizations of portraits, this art continues to this day and shows no sign of slowing down. Some of these are clunky, and some are too intense to be believed. But this whole genre shows that trying to force people into small standard boxes is never really successful.
Of course, this approach has blossomed into pure insanity within the world of the software pirates, who use ASCII artwork to herald their presumed greatness. Their files are in the Piracy section.
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ASCIIPR0N
The ASCII PR0N Collection, Courtesy of ASCIIPR0N.COM
DECUS
The DECUS Art Collection
LOGOS
A Collection of ASCII Art Logos
RTTY
A Collection of RTTY Art from RTTY.COM
13.asc
ASCII Title Page for SPIKED!, a Game
152614.txt
Excellent IBM ASCII Art of The Pits BBS
16ton
ASCII Art of a 16 Ton Weight
3x5.flf
FIGLET FONT: 3x5 Font by Richard Kirk and Daniel Cabez Gras
afinger.txt
ASCII Middle Finger (With Watch and Ring)
alphabet.flf
FIGLET FONT: Alphabet by Wendell Hicken (November, 1993)
alt3dste.reo
Some Genune Ascii Stereograms
angela.art
Pleasant ASCII Art Nude, "Angela"
angi.txt
ASCII Art Nude: Angi
art0
July 4th/American Flag Ascii Art
ascii.pic
Don Dillon's Collection of ASCII Art Pictures
asciiart.txt
Collection of ASCII Art, including Teddy Bears and Disney's Pocohantis (November 1999)
asciicod.txt
A Table of ASCII Codes, by Aaron Priven
bambi.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Bambi vs. Godzilla
barney.txt
ASCII Image of Barney the Dinosaur with Satanic Subliminals
bassett.art
Cleo, another Bassett Hound Dawg
batgirl.art
Batgirl, Naked, probably after Vargas
beavis.asc
Beavis of Beavis and Butthead, in ASCII
beer.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Time for a Beer Break, Folks!
betty.art
Innocuous Nude, "Betty"
big.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Big Font
block.flf
FIGLET FONT: Block Letters
bnbascii.txt
Beavis and Butthead in ASCII
bob.pic
Odd ASCII Picture of a Bob
bobface.txt
ASCII art of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
bomb.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: The Bomb Test
bones.art
Dr. Bones McCoy, Good Portrait
bubble.flf
FIGLET FONT: Bubble FOnt
bugs
ANSI Art of Bugs Bunny
bunny.art
Cheezy Playboy Bunny (Woman, not Rabbit)
buysell.5bs
Call the Buy Sell BBS Today! (Ad, ANSI)
calgirl.art
Odd 1985 Calandar with Nude Lady
cartwhee.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Doing a Cartwheel
charlie.art
Charlie Brown
clohe.art
Loinclothed, Topless Lady. "Clohe"
contessa.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Contessa Font
county88.hum
Bill the Cat and Opus in '88!
cow.txt
Cows, Cows, and more (ASCII) Cows
cows.txt
The Complete Guide to Cows, by Eric W. Tilenius
cowz.txt
The Complete Guide to ASCII Cows
cpu.txt
Some Helpful ASCII Art of a Computer System
cursepic.art
CURSE YOU, RED BARON
david.art
Michaelangelo's "David"
deborah.art
"Deborah", sitting on a Stool
delay.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: A Small Delay
dirty.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Someone Having an Awful Amount of Fun
dogs.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Fucking Dogs
dont-wor.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: George Custer's Last Stand: Don't Worry, be Happy
dragon.art
Fun, Sleepy Cartoon Dragon
dragon.txt
ASCII Art of a Winged Dragon
drwho_pi
ASCII Images from the Doctor Who TV Show
eagle.art
Full-Stoked American Eagle
enterp.art
Side view, U.S.S. Enterprise
erusalem.flf
FIGLET FONT: Erusalem Font
ferrari.art
Everyone got together and made a Ferrari!
figlet.man
DOCUMENTATION: The Figlet Program
firework.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Fireworks by Chen Lin
fireworks.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Guy Setting Off Fireworks
fishy2.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Shamus the Fish by David Rybolt (1994)
flag
ASCII Art of the American Flag
fontpage.txt
FIGLET FONT: Example Fonts Page
fran.art
Playboy Jokes Chick, With Nice Subliminal
fu.sig
ASCII Art of a Middle Finger
fuckyou.txt
Nice, large, Profanic Middle Finger ASCII Art
fuzzy.flf
FIGLET FONT: Fuzzy Font
george.art
"George", nude male. Well, that's ONE....
girl1.pic
ASCII Artwork of a Nude Wearing a Bow
girlface.txt
ASCII of a Girl's Face
glass.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Filling Glass of Liquid
globe.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT Spinning Globe
gothic.flf
FIGLET FONT: Gothic Font
graffiti.flf
FIGLET FONT: Grafitti Font
groucho.art
Icon of Groucho Marx
holly.art
Posed Nude, "Holly"
illumin.hum
Primus Illuminatus is Watching You
ingrid.art
Shy Nude, "Ingrid"
jerusale.flf
FIGLET FONT: Jerusalem (Hebrew) Font
jessie.art
Posed sideways nude, "Jessie"
juanspla.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Plan File in the Form of a Typewriter
jumble.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Jumbled Letters Form a Phrase
kathy.art
Topless, Jeans-wearing nude, "Kathy"
kelly.art
Simplistic happy nude, "Kelly"
kennedy.art
Portrait of John F. Kennedy
kings.art
Christ is Born!
kirk.art
Portrait of James T. Kirk
koala-gu.fun
The Koala Bear Collection v1.0 (ASCII Art)
larry3d.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Larry 3D Font
lean.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Leaning Font
lincoln.art
Stereoscopic image of Lincoln. Experiment results: Inconclusive
lovebox.art
Love is All You Need
madonna.art
Merry Christas! (Madonna and Kid)
madrid.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Madrid Font
maxfour.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Max-Four Font
mini.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Mini-Font
monalisa.art
Very large Mona Lisa Printout
monkey.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: The Monkey Gives You The Finger
morgana.pic
Knelling post nude "Morgana"
moscow.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Moscow Font
nasa.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: NASA: Keep Reaching for the Stars, by A.J.L.
newyears.art
Happy New Years, with drunk schmuck
nker-toy.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Tinker-Toy Font
nt-ascf.ans
Shading ASCII: Using the Upper/Lower Case Design Thing, by Nootropic
oliver.art
Oliver from the strip "Bloom County"
ollywood.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Hollywood Font
outfile.jok
VT100 Animation of Someone Taking a Drive
owls.txt
A Small Collection of ASCII Owls
paradise.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: A Bomb in Paradise by Gonad the Barbarian
peace.art
Peace on Earth, with accompanying Dove
pepper.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Pepper Font
phonepig.hum
A Very Charming Middle Finger
pinup2.txt
Nude Pinup with interesting Shading Technique
plane.art
ASCII drawing of an F-4 Phantom (War plane)
prey.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Klingon Bird of Prey
puffy.flf
FIGLET FONT: THe Puffy Font
pussycat.art
Great-looking Siamese Cat
rev.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Reverse Font
roxanne.art
Smiling, somewhat clad nude, "Roxanne"
saltgirl.art
Image of Morton's Salt Girl No, she's not nude</I>
santa.art
Merry Christmas! Sant and his Two Tiny Reindeer
schlitz.art
Pretty bizzaro picture of a Schlitz Beer Can
script.flf
FIGLET FONT: Script Font
seasons.ans
ANSI Screen: Seasons Greetings
sect.ans
ANSI for the Marks Hotel HQ
sect1.ans
Unbelievable ANSI Ad for the MARS Hotel
shadow.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Shadow Font
short.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Short Font
simpsons.txt
ASCII Art of The Simpsons
slant.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Slant Font
slscript.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Slscript Font
small.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Small Font
smileys.txt
Collection of ASCII Smileys
smscript.flf
FIGLET FONT: SMScript
smshadow.flf
FIGLET FONT: Small Shadow Font
smslant.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Small Slant Font
snoopy.curse
ASCII ART: Curse you, Red Baron!
snoopy.flustr
ASCII ART: Snoopy Looking Flustered
snoopy.untab
A 1981 Snoopy Calendar
snowing.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Snowing Landscape, Merry Christmas
spock.art
Nicely-done portrait of Leonard Nimoy
st-char.asc
ASCII Art of Star Trek Characters
standard.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Standard Figlet Font
startrek.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Star Trek Enterprise Blows up Politically Correct New Enterprise
startrk2.art
Huge Image of the Star Trek Enterprise
starwars.art
So-So attempt at a Star Wars Image
sunlogo.txt
ASCII Sun Microsystems Logo
susan.art
Posed tanline-visible Nude, "Susan"
tanya.pic
Wait, let me guess, another posed Nude! "Tanya"
term.flf
FIGLET FONT: THe Terminal Font
tetris.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Tetris Game
texthistory.txt
A History of Text and ASCII Art, by Joan G. Stark (2000)
thick.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Thick Font
thin.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Thin Font
tiger.art
Somewhat odd-looking tiger
torturet.vt
VT100 FONT: The VT-100 Torture Test by Joe Smith (May 8, 1985)
tree.art
Merry Christmas Tree
trek.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: The Enterprise Blows up an RCA Satellite
turkey.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Turkey Goes In for Thanksgiving
tv.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: The Outer Limits Television Show
twilight.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: The Twilight Zone
ualogos.txt
A Collection of ASCII Art Logos, Welcome Screens, and User Information from the Unauthorised Access (UA) BBS of the UK (1995)
univers.flf
FIGLET FONT: The Universe Font
valentin.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Happy Valentine's Day, Beth and Dave
vicki.body
Ms. Vicki, from Oui Magazine, February 1973
watch!me.nfo
Interesting Approach to a Cartoon ASCII Nude
we.jok
The Outer Limits in vt100 codes
wineglas.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Wine Glass Filling
xmas.vt
VT100 ANIMATION: Merry Christmas
My aunt knew William Shatner's daughter, and she got him to sign a printout of kirk.art. It hung on my wall proudly for many years. (Printer paper is also inferior for long-term autographs)