ASCiiD?

"What is ascii art?"

Ascii art is the creation of aesthetically pleasing artwork with only the characters that you see on your keyboard in front of you. Started long before other forms of computer art in the Commodore 64 and Amiga computer systems, ascii still goes on strong.. ftp sites, file descriptions, even MUDs and MOOs still use ascii artwork instead of the more common JPEG/GIF artwork.

Ascii art is generally divided into two main styles, "oldskool" and "newskool." Oldskool uses the more basic format for images using mainly the characters /, \, |,- and _. Most often, the art created with the oldskool style is fonts (words or phrases).

Newskool on the other hand, uses all characters available to them, as long as you can type them out on your keyboard. This includes $, %, &, #, @, and even extended ascii characters typed out using the ALT-Keypad numbers. Oldskool artists create both fonts AND pictures, some of them going up in size to a couple hundred lines or more. On this page are examples of newskool art, and you can view oldskool art in the ASCiiD Compilation packs, which are viewable online here.

ACiD/ ASCiiD News

And with the downfall of Trank .. well, not really a downfall persay, but Whodini has handed the group to Pariah of ex-s0ap, and ex-ACiD!Ascii. Which is lame. Pariah has no experience running a group, and will ruin Trank, which will make me cry. Oh yes. Now back to the point. Because of this injustice, several members of Trank have been upset. So say the least. And with this upset comes two members, not stolen, not recruited, but fed up with the inconsistencies in the way Trank is being run. Ewheat, ex-Disco, ex-ACiDiC, still in Apathy, and now ex-Trank has joined the ranks of ACiD!Ascii. And Spear, once of Soap!Ascii and now also ex-Trank!Ascii, comes to ASCiiD.

pHEAR.

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