I bet somebody in the biz has a pipeline for running different algorithms/format...

		Terr_ 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't Become the Machine I bet somebody in the biz has a pipeline for running different algorithms/formats/compressions, and applying different metrics for "would these look about the same to a human on a certain screen at a certain distance." > 1 BPP Yeah, the different ASCII characters might be best modeled/analogized as local dithering.

AA-lib is alive and kicking (I think): https://aa-project.sourceforge.net/