Week 1: A Collection of ASCII Art

Published: July 13, 2025

Theme: ASCII Art

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pink title page with ascii letters at the back and text 'A COLLECTION OF ASCII ART' table of ASCII characters first known example of typewriter art an ascii farm mooooo ascii video games, with oregon trail as an example cats! all made by jgs ascii versions of taj mahal, space needle, eiffel tower with description: the ascii world is in your hands an ending masterpiece of flowers with things to explore next

About

This zine was inspired by Joan Stark (jgs), an American ASCII artist. I first came across the idea after watching Kathy Pham's video The Rise of ASCII Art & Design. For ideation, I created an are.na channel titled cli art / ascii art. I recommend you to peruse if you want some behind the scenes of my inspiration. I have yet to print the zine out in color, but will update this page when I do. This a quarter zine - be sure to print double sided.

Sources to Explore

The History of ASCII (Text) Art

ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots