ASCII art n. The fine art of drawing diagrams using the ASCII character set (mainly | , - , / , \ , and + ). Also known as character graphics or ASCII graphics ; see also boxology. The next step beyond static tableaux in ASCII art is ASCII animation. There are not many large examples of this; perhaps the best known is the ASCII animation of the original Star Wars movie at http://www.asciimation.co.nz/. There is a newsgroup, alt.ascii-art , devoted to this genre; however, see also warlording.