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More than ASCII Art

Your photos, maps of anywhere and fractals, drawn with characters from UNSCII, an 8×8 bitmap font.

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Generative AI without the AI.

Pillars of Creation by NASA, ESA, Hubble
Pillars of Creation NASA, ESA, Hubble, 2014 all · full colour

Mandelbulb

A 3D fractal, drawn in characters.

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Also: 3D models · A flight through a fractal · Metaballs

ASCII and UNSCII

ASCII has 95 printable characters. UNSCII, Viznut's 8×8 bitmap font, adds block elements, shades, box drawing, braille and the graphics characters of 1980s home computers. Printscii uses 1,055 of them.

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
ASCII
UNSCII

The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli, c. 1484–86

The planets*

*not to scale

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune

Maps

Anywhere on Earth, drawn in characters as you pan and zoom, and laid out as a print. Maps gallery · Cities

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Pictures

All pictures · Pictures made of words

Old Ford in the brambles, photographed by Christian Miles
Old Ford in the brambles Christian Miles all · full colour · 110 columns Edit
Seagull taking off, photographed by Christian Miles
Seagull taking off Christian Miles all · 256 colours · 110 columns Edit
Pumpkin patch, photographed by Christian Miles
Pumpkin patch Christian Miles all · full colour · 56 columns Edit

Your own photo

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