We Spoke in Symbols

ASII Zine

We Spoke in Symbols is a self-published zine that treats ASCII as a visual medium. Bold typographic spreads, graphic contrast, and deliberate pacing replace instruction with experience. Where ASCII is typically explained as a technical system, this publication lets the characters function as image, texture, and atmosphere.

Scope of Work

✦ Brand Identity

✦ Art Direction

✦ Publication Design

✦ Creative Strategy

✦ Conceptualization

✦ Naming

  • ASCII is usually explained, not experienced. That approach limits what it can be and closes off its potential as an expressive visual language.

  • When you remove the explanation and focus on composition, scale, and repetition, ASCII stops reading as code and starts reading as image.

  • The zine uses bold typographic spreads and graphic contrast, with pacing and negative space. The reader moves through it visually, not analytically.

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