ASCIIArt
Images rendered in single-strike and double-strike type using a variety of typefaces. Glyphs are selected to map the grayscale intensity of an image to letters or letter combinations. Double-striking uses a carriage return without a linefeed to print one line of type over the other. This operation is a capability of hardcopy printers and teleprinters, and was also used in Richard Williams' Art1 program.
Coded
Text mode self-portraits rendered in the program code used to generate the images. A changing contrast shifts the balance between self-image and code. Rather than using grayscale, images are binarized and dithered using the Floyd-Steinberg algorithm. Printed using a wide format Qume Sprint 11/55 daisywheel printer with a Prestige Elite 12 ASCII 96 typewheel on 14 7/8" x 11" 20 lb. tri-perforated continuous computer paper.
January 2024
A second series with more disorder caused by resampling the image size after binarization.
Wide Styles
Portraits in overstriking characters using a Courier 10 typeface rendered on a wide format Qume Sprint 11/55 daisywheel printer on green-bar Universal UNV15852 Computer Paper, 20lb, 14-7/8” x 11”, perforated, using the blank side. The limited palette of characters, -=IH, is inspired by the textures in Frederick Hammerley's "The Same Change" and gives the images a crosshatching quality.
August 2021
C RUN
October 2021
August 2022
BANCSII
October 2021
August 2022
GATE
Images of the Berlin Wall and Brandenburg Gate taken in August 1989 arranged as a triptych.
October 2021
POLYPTYCH
Images of the Berlin Wall taken in August 1989 arranged in polyptychs.
October 2021
DIE MAUER
Images of the Berlin Wall taken in August 1989.
October 2021
PJW
PJW banner, Prestige Elite 12 typeface rendered on a wide format Qume Sprint 11/55 daisywheel printer, green-bar Universal UNV15852 Computer Paper, 20lb, 14-7/8” x 11”, perforated, using the blank side
February 2022
PJW images printed on Teletype Model 33 ASR and Olivetti Te-318 teleprinters
February 2022
КОИ-7 AРT
Russian Cubic 10 typeface printed on a Diablo Advantage D-25, green-bar Universal UNV15852 Computer Paper, 20lb, 14-7/8” x 11”, perforated, using the blank side
July 2021
Russian Cubic 10 typeface printed on wide format Qume Sprint 11/55 daisywheel printer
February 2022
Overstrikes
Studies of overstriking ASCII-63 glyphs arranged in opposing gradients and rendered with Olivettize.
January 2021
Martin Luther King Jr.
Portrait of the American civil rights leader in two ASCII-63 palettes and rendered with Olivettize.
January 2021
MLK in four variations
Courier 10 typeface, Qume Sprint 11/55 printer, green-bar Universal UNV15852 Computer Paper, 20lb, 14-7/8” x 11”, perforated, using the blank side
August 2022
HANDSCII
Courier 10 typeface, Qume Sprint 11/55 printer, green-bar Universal UNV15852 Computer Paper, 20lb, 14-7/8” x 11”, perforated, using the blank side
August 2022
Hand holding a mechanical pencil and rendered with Olivettize.
December 2020
References
- Macleod, I. D. G., Pictorial Output with a Line Printer, IEEE Transactions on Computers, C-19, 160--162 (1970). DOI:10.1109/T-C.1970.222883