Ever wondered whether ASCII Art could be used to create images of fractals? Well, wonder no longer – today’s advent treat is Robert Munafo’s website containing ASCII art of successive zooms of the Mandelbrot Set, centred around the Feigenbaum point. And it’s magnificent.
This is part of the Aperiodical Advent Calendar. We’ll be posting a new surprise for you each morning until Christmas!
Glad you like it! I had fun making those and they still look pretty sharp. Another popular zoom sequence, with matching JPGs next to the ASCII art, is at http://www.mrob.com/pub/muency/seahorsevalley.html On the index page ( http://www.mrob.com/pub/muency.html ) most of the links in the “Some entries with pictures…” paragraph also include ASCII art.