The ASCII format is used for visual artwork made with text. The ASCII standard is as old as 1963, but text based art has been around since the late 19th century with the typewriter as a medium. Today, ASCII is frequently used as a catch-all term for all text based artwork on computers, though submissions in this format are limited to the 94 printable characters in the ASCII standard.

'[#[Tools]
A basic text editor.
An ASCII table

'[#[Restrictions on submit]
Submission should be a plain .txt file containing your ASCII art.

The ASCII format was historically also used for programming and creative writing battles, but due to a few unsavory incidents the format is now '[b]strictly'[/b] for visual art (though supplementary writing may be included). Bitmap-to-ASCII converters are also heavily discouraged unless used as one of several tools for a synthetic work.

'[#[Renders]
A screenshot of your art in the text editor will suffice, and can be rendered in either white-on-black or black-on-white text + background.

'[#[ASCII table]
Below are the 94 printable characters used in BotB ASCII battles including decimal/hex codes for ASCII character codes 32 - 127. Note 127 (the delete character) is excluded although it is technically "printable". ASCII characters 0 -31 are control characters and unprintable. ASCII battles do not included extended ASCII codes (128 - 255).

'[tab['[b]DEC'[/b][80] '[tab['[b]HEX'[/b][80] '[tab['[b]CHARACTER'[/b][180]

'[tab[32] '[tab[20] '[tab[]
'[tab[33] '[tab[21[100] '[tab[!] '[tab[(exclamation)[180]
'[tab[34] '[tab[22[100] '[tab["] '[tab[(double quote)[180]
'[tab[35] '[tab[23[100] '[tab[# ] '[tab[(number sign)[180]
'[tab[36] '[tab[24[100] '[tab[$] '[tab[(dollar sign)[180]
'[tab[37] '[tab[25[100] '[tab[%] '[tab[(percent)[180]
'[tab[38] '[tab[26[100] '[tab[&] '[tab[(ampersand)[180]
'[tab[39] '[tab[27[100] '[tab['] '[tab[(single quote)[180]
'[tab[40] '[tab[28[100] '[tab[(] '[tab[(open parenthesis)[180]
'[tab[41] '[tab[29[100] '[tab[)] '[tab[(close parenthesis)[180]
'[tab[42] '[tab[2A[100] '[tab[*] '[tab[(asterisk)[180]
'[tab[43] '[tab[2B[100] '[tab[+] '[tab[(plus)[180]
'[tab[44] '[tab[2C[100] '[tab[,] '[tab[(comma)[180]
'[tab[45] '[tab[2D[100] '[tab[-] '[tab[(hyphen)[180]
'[tab[46] '[tab[2E[100] '[tab[.] '[tab[(period)[180]
'[tab[47] '[tab[2F[100] '[tab[/] '[tab[(forward slash)[180]
'[tab[48] '[tab[30[100] '[tab[0]
'[tab[49] '[tab[31[100] '[tab[1]
'[tab[50] '[tab[32[100] '[tab[2]
'[tab[51] '[tab[33[100] '[tab[3]
'[tab[52] '[tab[34[100] '[tab[4]
'[tab[53] '[tab[35[100] '[tab[5]
'[tab[54] '[tab[36[100] '[tab[6]
'[tab[55] '[tab[37[100] '[tab[7]
'[tab[56] '[tab[38[100] '[tab[8]
'[tab[57] '[tab[39[100] '[tab[9]
'[tab[58] '[tab[3A[100] '[tab[:] '[tab[(colon)[180]
'[tab[59] '[tab[3B[100] '[tab[;] '[tab[(semicolon)[180]
'[tab[60] '[tab[3C[100] '[tab[<] '[tab[(open angled bracket)[180]
'[tab[61] '[tab[3D[100] '[tab[=] '[tab[(equals)[180]
'[tab[62] '[tab[3E[100] '[tab[>] '[tab[(close angled bracket)[180]
'[tab[63] '[tab[3F[100] '[tab[?] '[tab[(question mark)[180]
'[tab[64] '[tab[40[100] '[tab[@] '[tab[(at symbol)[180]
'[tab[65] '[tab[41[100] '[tab[A]
'[tab[66] '[tab[42[100] '[tab[B]
'[tab[67] '[tab[43[100] '[tab[C]
'[tab[68] '[tab[44[100] '[tab[D]
'[tab[69] '[tab[45[100] '[tab[E]
'[tab[70] '[tab[46[100] '[tab[F]
'[tab[71] '[tab[47[100] '[tab[G]
'[tab[72] '[tab[48[100] '[tab[H]
'[tab[73] '[tab[49[100] '[tab[I]
'[tab[74] '[tab[4A[100] '[tab[J]
'[tab[75] '[tab[4B[100] '[tab[K]
'[tab[76] '[tab[4C[100] '[tab[L]
'[tab[77] '[tab[4D[100] '[tab[M]
'[tab[78] '[tab[4E[100] '[tab[N]
'[tab[79] '[tab[4F[100] '[tab[O]
'[tab[80] '[tab[50[100] '[tab[P]
'[tab[81] '[tab[51[100] '[tab[Q]
'[tab[82] '[tab[52[100] '[tab[R]
'[tab[83] '[tab[53[100] '[tab[S]
'[tab[84] '[tab[54[100] '[tab[T]
'[tab[85] '[tab[55[100] '[tab[U]
'[tab[86] '[tab[56[100] '[tab[V]
'[tab[87] '[tab[57[100] '[tab[W]
'[tab[88] '[tab[58[100] '[tab[X]
'[tab[89] '[tab[59[100] '[tab[Y]
'[tab[90] '[tab[5A[100] '[tab[Z]
'[tab[91] '[tab[5B[100] '[tab[] [  (open bracket)
'[tab[92] '[tab[5C[100] '[tab[\] '[tab[(backslash)[180]
'[tab[93] '[tab[5D[100] '[tab[] ] (closing bracket)
'[tab[94] '[tab[5E[100] '[tab[^] '[tab[(caret)[180]
'[tab[95] '[tab[5F[100] '[tab[_] '[tab[(underscore)[180]
'[tab[96] '[tab[60[100] '[tab[`] '[tab[(grave accent)[180]
'[tab[97] '[tab[61[100] '[tab[a]
'[tab[98] '[tab[62[100] '[tab[b]
'[tab[99] '[tab[63[100] '[tab[c]
'[tab[100] '[tab[64[100] '[tab[d]
'[tab[101] '[tab[65[100] '[tab[e]
'[tab[102] '[tab[66[100] '[tab[f]
'[tab[103] '[tab[67[100] '[tab[g]
'[tab[104] '[tab[68[100] '[tab[h]
'[tab[105] '[tab[69[100] '[tab[i]
'[tab[106] '[tab[6A[100] '[tabja]
'[tab[107] '[tab[6B[100] '[tab[k]
'[tab[108] '[tab[6C[100] '[tab[l]
'[tab[109] '[tab[6D[100] '[tab[m]
'[tab[110] '[tab[6E[100] '[tab[n]
'[tab[111] '[tab[6F[100] '[tab[o]
'[tab[112] '[tab[70[100] '[tab[p]
'[tab[113] '[tab[71[100] '[tab[q]
'[tab[114] '[tab[72[100] '[tab[r]
'[tab[115] '[tab[73[100] '[tab[s]
'[tab[116] '[tab[74[100] '[tab[t]
'[tab[117] '[tab[75[100] '[tab[u]
'[tab[118] '[tab[76[100] '[tab[v]
'[tab[119] '[tab[77[100] '[tab[w]
'[tab[120] '[tab[78[100] '[tab[x]
'[tab[121] '[tab[79[100] '[tab[y]
'[tab[122] '[tab[7A[100] '[tab[z]
'[tab[123] '[tab[7B[100] '[tab[{] '[tab[(opening brace)[180]
'[tab[124] '[tab[7C[100] '[tab[|] '[tab[(pipe / vertical bar)[180]
'[tab[125] '[tab[7D[100] '[tab[}] '[tab[(closing brace)[180]
'[tab[126] '[tab[7E[100] '[tab[~] '[tab[(tilde)[180]


'[b]Fun fact:'[/b] In Windows, you can use Alt + a number combination to manually type any character. For example, hold Alt and type "120". Releasing alt will type the ASCII "x" character which matches the decimal number code. Try typing weird longer codes outside of the standard ASCII character set like Alt + 0198 for finding those weird characters!


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