PabloDraw is a cross-platform

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designed for creating

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and

ASCII art ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) character (computing), characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 an ...

, similar to that of its

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-based predecessors; ''

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'' (1994) and ''

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'' (1986). A notable feature of PabloDraw is its integrated

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editing support, making it the first groupware ANSI/ASCII editor in existence. This allows artists from around the world with an

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connection to cooperatively draw (and

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) together. These creations are referred to as "joints", or jointly created productions, and have radically changed the way these artists collaborate in this form. This editor is capable of handling most standard

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formats such as ANSI,

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and Binary (). Additionally it supports different aspect ratios such as the 80×25 and 80×50 (25 and 50-line text graphics modes, respectively) and emulates the

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Topaz font for artists who prefer to draw using that specific

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. In addition to ASCII and ANSI art, PabloDraw can also be used to create

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External links

PabloDraw
Editor homepage
PabloView for Windows
ANSI/ASCII viewer for Microsoft Windows; requires

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