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ASCII art




An art form developed through the use of ASCII characters. ASCII art runs the gamut from simple little doodads in someone's sig file to complicated random-dot 3-D stereogram images that are quite impressive (check out the links below!).

Here's an example of an ASCII art image of a Jeep (0|||0) -- imagine you're looking at the grill plate on the front of the vehicle head-on. And for all you race car fans, here's a simple ASCII art image of a dragster "O*;;;-----o~ here's a cheerleader *o/* and this means heavy metal music M/

See also : assicons  emoticons  

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