ASCIIArt Documents Archive
Older Documents
These documents have been superseded by new documents, and are included
here for completeness only. The older ones may contain unreliable links to sites
and outdated information.
- Scarecrow's ASCII Art FAQ (old)
- An old FAQ list for alt.ascii-art. Still relevant but in some places
(especially URLs) out of date. This was originally written for rec.arts.ascii.
- Jorn Barger's Technical ASCII Art FAQ (old)
- Another old FAQ list, this one is more technical.
- WARNING: Control Codes
- A document explaining what you should and shouldn't do in ascii art, written
by Colin Douthwaite.
- Tutorial: Making a Start in ASCII Art
- A tutorial written by Daniel Au to help people get started in drawing
their own ascii art.
- ASCII Art not looking right? Read this!
- A short guide, written by Martin Atkins, about what to do if an ascii picture doesn't look like what
the creator says it is.
- History of alt.ascii-art
- A rundown of the developments in alt.ascii-art in 1997/98 written by
Colin Douthwaite.
- Registry patch to make Outlook Express use the correct settings for ASCII Art.
- A registry file and instructions of use to make Outlook Express use the correct
fonts and settings for reading ASCII Art in newsgroups.