Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF?
ASCII art is used because: o Standard ASCII art is the only type of graphics easily transmitted and instantly viewable on any terminal, emulation, or communications software. o If you can view text, you can view ASCII art (as it is made up of standard text characters). No conversion or special software required to view. Non-standard ASCII art (8 bit with control codes) requires that the file be saved and “cat’d”. See Questions 20 and 21. o ASCII art is compact, a few K, not 20, 50, 100 or more K!
