Re: new tutorial

On 10/06/2026 3:36 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> Seen today on Mastodon, a new tutorial about ASCII art.  Short, clear,
> with advice for software, for fonts, and for sharing works on the web.
> 
> https://arielmartinperez.com/pages/2026asciiarttutorial.html
> 
>      ASCII art is a form of art that uses letters and symbols as drawing
>      shapes, so the brain, when receiving the optic signal, can interpret
>      them not as strings of characters, but as tabular 2D pictures, in
>      which all of the signs form a whole. This way, letters and symbols
>      are chosen for their individual shapes and for their aesthetic
>      qualities, rather than by their meaning in the context of a text.
> 
> 	   ............
> 	aaaAAAAHHHHHHHHa..
>         8aaAAAAAHHHHAAAhhha
>        888aaAAaaAAAAAAAHHHa
>        8888aaa"   "AA"   "a
>        8888aaa  A  HH  A  a
>        888888aa. .AMMA. .AH
>         888888AAAAHMMHAAAG"
> 	88888aaahhhhhhaa"
> 	 8888aaa.   .aa"
> 	  88888ahhhhhh"
> 	    """"""""""
> 
>      If you didn't read the above paragraph first as a series of
>      disconnected vowels and consonants (a scream reaching for the center
>      of the Earth), but as the illustration of a face, you're able to see
>      ASCII art.
> 
> Later in the tutorial there are multiple iterations of a cat image,
> showing refinements and different styles.
> 
> Elijah
> ------
> aaaAAAAHHHHHHHHa..

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