What is it called when you use text like "1", "0" and "/", etc. to create images?

9/11/2008 10:11:41 PM

ascii

9/11/2008 10:15:18 PM

ascii art?

9/11/2008 10:15:22 PM

That's it. On point as usual TWW. Respek.

9/11/2008 10:20:17 PM

I wrote a program that rendered video as ascii art in real time once. kinda silly tho.

9/11/2008 10:39:41 PM

http://www.chris.com/ascii/
Characterizer: http://www.aolej.com/free.html#Chara

9/11/2008 11:06:26 PM

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"What is it called when you use text like "1", "0" and "/", etc. to create images?"

magic?

9/11/2008 11:43:18 PM

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"Popular Right Now: - Naked Ladies"

haha

9/12/2008 9:19:16 AM

^ some of those are really cool, actually

9/12/2008 11:06:59 AM

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\ /   |  |   |__|

9/12/2008 12:55:56 PM

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  /:/ /::\  \     /:/  /      /:/ /:/  /    ___  \:\  \ 
 /:/_/:/\:\__\   /:/__/      /:/_/:/  /    /\  \  \:\__\
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     /:/  /         \:\__\      \:\__\        \::/  /   
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9/12/2008 1:01:43 PM

^^ thats because the bottom is going the wrong way so it kind of looks like an E

9/12/2008 1:02:22 PM

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9/12/2008 1:03:18 PM