About ASCII art and Jgs font
Summary
An overview of ASCII art and the Jgs font, a free monospaced typeface designed as a tribute to ASCII art pioneer Joan G. Stark. The article explains how ASCII art blends text and images, surveys the history of text-mode arts across encoding systems, and details the Jgs font's design and licensing. It situates ASCII typography within a broader lineage of printing and digital typography and offers references and context.