heikkiJun 15

My pre-ASCII art / pictorial typography / text art archive site is out now!

People have been making ASCII-like text art on letterpress for over 300 years, building pictures entirely out of metal type, ornaments, and rule. The practice has often been dismissed as "tasteless", "wasted effort" and "nothing to do with art", which is why I think it's gone largely undocumented. So, I've spent the last 8+ years collecting ~2500 of these works into an archive. Thanks to @adelfaure, who developed the site, it's now online for everyone to browse:
https://garden-of-flowers.heikkilotvonen.com/
or read more about it at https://garden-of-flowers.heikkilotvonen.com/?essay

Show threadJulien BidoretJun 15
@gdc @adelfaure That's a hell of a research. Adel warned us a while ago in Pau then in les Rencontres de Lure. Now we can dive in it. Thanks a lot, to both of you.
Show threadAdel Faure ⏚🍉
@julienbidoret @gdc Lure is already in there ;) https://garden-of-flowers.heikkilotvonen.com/?page=MOTS9NJTHKDZ0
Heikki's Garden of Flowers | archive of pictorial typography

An archive of ~2500 pictorial typography and letterpress works spanning four centuries, images composed entirely of type ornaments, characters, and rule. The history of ASCII art before computers.

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