ASCIImerkillä
ASCIImerkillä is a Finnish term that describes the practice of using ASCII characters to convey information, structure text, or create simple visuals in plain text environments. The approach relies on the widely supported ASCII character set, making content portable across systems without rich typography.
Origins and meaning: The term combines ASCII, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, with the
History and usage: ASCII emerged in the 1960s and became a foundation of early computing and internet
Examples and scope: Common patterns include horizontal rules (-----) to delimit sections, bullet-like lines (*, -, or +), and simple
Limitations: ASCII is limited to 128 characters, and not all languages or symbols are easily represented. With