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How a strange face in a random 19th-century newspaper ad became a portal to a forgotten moment in ASCII art history

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Tags: typography, history, 19th century, newspapers, advertising, art.ascii, author.jacob harris, source.the atlantic, paywall.soft
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-ascii-mystery-face/483698/

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Title
Solving a Century-Old Typographical Mystery
Authors
Jacob Harris
Published
May 23 2016