ASCII art is the nerd of all art forms. A form of graphic design, ASCII art uses 95 printable characters to create visual forms of art in the output of picture like structures. In order for ASCII art to be done, it must used a fixed-width typeface, where the most commonly used typeface is courier.
Why ASCII? according to the truly reliable source Wikipedia, ASCII art was created because there was not much of a method to print out art, which led to the typeface generated art form. The oldest known piece of typewriter was created by Flora Stacey in 1898, who created a butterfly using a typewriter.
As this is my blog, I get to tell you why I see ASCII art as an art form. It is easy to see the big picture of ASCII art, where a large picture is exposed. But what makes ASCII art so artistic to me is beyond the big picture. ASCII art is a large picture, generated by single symbols, cleverly articulated in a way that create something more than the symbols themselves stand for. I see a representation for many different things in life. Like a flower or the human body. A flower, is a beautiful creation of nature, but broken down, the flower has many components that make the flower live, and without those components, we wouldn't have the final output. Same with the human body. And same for ASCII art.
There is a whole separate art in the method that something is created.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art
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