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ASCII art

visual art genre using plain-text characters (any character set) to draw pictures
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ASCII art

Summary

ASCII art is an art genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,378 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ASCII art's instance of is recorded as art genre[3].
  • ASCII art's instance of is recorded as type of graphics[4].
  • ASCII art followed typewriter art[5].
  • ASCII art is a type of digital art[6].
  • ASCII art is a type of plain text[7].
  • ASCII art is a type of visual artwork[8].
  • ASCII art's Commons category is recorded as ASCII art[9].
  • ASCII art's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ASCII art[10].
  • ASCII art's topic has template is recorded as Template:AA[11].
  • ASCII art's different from is recorded as typewriter art[12].
  • ASCII art's different from is recorded as ASCII art[13].
  • ASCII art's uses is recorded as Q8815[14].
  • ASCII art's uses is recorded as ASCII art[15].
  • ASCII art's uses is recorded as character[16].
  • ASCII art's hashtag is recorded as ASCIIart[17].
  • ASCII art's typeface/font used is recorded as monospaced typeface[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include art genre[3] and type of graphics[4]. Recorded subclass of include digital art[6], plain text[7], and visual artwork[8].

Why It Matters

ASCII art ranks in the top 7% of art_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,378 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Topic has template → Template:AA
    Follows → typewriter art
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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