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It is also reminiscent of an embroidering pattern.

• allenp 17y ago
  I agree - I think this is more a cross-stitch pattern than ascii art - especially since it only uses one character (X). It is however quite fancy, and I do appreciate the time it would have taken to produce it.
  • zandorg 17y ago
    I imagine you could just trace over an existing picture then type X's over the tracing paper, with a typewriter.
    • eru 17y ago
      You still need a monochrome [0] picture that looks good at low resolution. [0] Or rather bichrome.
• Luyt 17y ago
  Apparently as early as the medieval times people recorded reference embroidery patterns and examples, see this cloth with an assortment of different building blocks: http://home.comcast.net/~mathilde/embroidery/gallery/va0782-054.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~mathilde/embroidery/gallery/va0782-...