16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive

Re:16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive by sssilver on Sunday July 27, 2025 @03:16AM (#44699453)

What editor was generally used to draw these?

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Re:16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive by villuv on Sunday July 27, 2025 @03:19AM (#44699465)

TheDraw was one of them https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheDraw

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Re:16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive by ethan_smith on Sunday July 27, 2025 @08:22AM (#44700807)

TheDraw, ACiDDraw and PabloDraw were the most popular ANSI editors in the BBS era, with modern alternatives like Moebius and SyncDraw still used today.

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Re:16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive by icecheese on Sunday July 27, 2025 @01:11PM (#44702767)

Durdraw is a modern and powerful ANSI editor for Linux/Unix/MacOS/WSL. Unlike other ANSI editors, it supports Unicode/Utf-8 encoding and 256 colors. Frame-based animation with custom speed control, too.

https://durdraw.org

Other modern editors are Moebius and IcyDraw (part of Icytools).

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Re:16colo.rs: ANSI/ASCII art archive by tptacek on Sunday July 27, 2025 @03:28PM (#44703876)

At the peak of the scene, almost everyone used TheDraw.

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