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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 9 Nov 1999.
Re: Pattern filling /* XXX */

Re: Pattern filling /* XXX */

hong hunsoo wrote:
> 
> I want to know.
> 
> What is the name of the following pictures?
> Where should I go in order to find pictures which have similar
> charicteristics of the followings.  I'd like want to visit some
> sites which have a lot of pictures of the following form.
> 
[snip of patterns]

I have heard them called tesselations,patterns,tiles,tilings and
textures.

You can try prefixing each of the above with "ascii-" in a search
and maybe find something.

Here are some tiles of a different nature,maybe someone can guess
what they are called for bonus points.



  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  `._  `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  
"-.  "-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
_.'    `.__.'  _.'  _.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  
  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
_.'  _.'    `.__.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  _.'  _.'  
  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"  ,-"  ,-"
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
_.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `._
  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
_.'  _.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  
  ,-"  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
  `.__.'  _.'  _.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  _.'    `.__.'  _.'  
"-.    ,-"  ,-"  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"  ,-""-.    ,-"  ,-"
  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  

 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
,'__`.,'__`.,'__`._`._`.,'_,'_,'__`.,'__`.,'_,'_
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
,'__`.,'__`._`.,'__`._`.,'__`.,'_,'__`._`.,'__`.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
_`.,'__`._`._`.,'_,'__`.,'_,'__`.,'__`.,'__`.,'_
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
_`.,'__`.,'_,'__`.,'__`.,'__`.,'_,'_,'__`.,'_,'_
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
_`.,'__`.,'__`.,'_,'__`.,'_,'__`._`.,'_,'__`._`.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
,'_,'__`.,'__`.,'__`.,'_,'__`.,'_,'__`.,'__`.,'_
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 


 \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  \  /  /  \  /  \  / 
\ \/ /\ \/ // /\ \/ // /\ \\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \/ /
 \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  \  /  /  \  /  \  / 
 \  /  \  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  /  \  /  / 
\ \/ /\ \/ // // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/ // /
 \  /  \  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  /  \  /  / 
 /  \  /  \  /  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \ 
/ /\ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/ // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \
 /  \  /  \  /  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \ 
 \  /  /  /  /  \  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \ 
\ \/ // // // /\ \/ // // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \\ \
 \  /  /  /  /  \  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \ 
 /  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \  \  /  \ 
/ /\ \/ /\ \/ // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \\ \\ \/ /\ \
 /  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \  \  /  \ 
 \  \  \  /  /  \  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  / 
\ \\ \\ \/ // /\ \\ \/ /\ \/ // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /
 \  \  \  /  /  \  \  /  \  /  /  \  /  /  \  / 
 /  \  /  \  /  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \  / 
/ /\ \/ /\ \/ // // // /\ \/ // /\ \/ /\ \\ \/ /
 /  \  /  \  /  /  /  /  \  /  /  \  /  \  \  / 


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Subject: Re: Pattern filling /* XXX */
Date: 1999/11/09
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