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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 17 Jan 2003.
Re: reading and saving ASCII art in this NG?

Re: reading and saving ASCII art in this NG?

In message <3e2...@post.newsfeed.com>  "The Unknown Artist"
<unk...@artistic.se>  wrote:
>On 2003-01-16 net...@stargate.net said:
>
>   >How can I read the messages here and save them correctly? I am using
>   >Free Agent newsreader.
>
>1. Turn off HTML in your newsreader.
>
>2. Set your width to 79 columns.
>
>3. Select a fixed-width (monospaced) font.  The "Courier"
>   and "Lucida" font families are usually monospaced.

Or ignore
1. (because it's ignorant)
and
3. (because it's ignorant)

and right lick in the message window and choose fixed_pitch_ font.

>Make sure that you select a font -size- that's appropriate,
>too (such as 14-point).
>
>   >Also how can I make sure when I save ASCII art or send it in an
>   >email message or post it in HTML on a website that it stays with
>   >the same dimensions and does not do line wrapping or anything else
>   >that could alter the original ASCII dimensions?
>                                                      _____ 
>Here's a sample script of how to do it.              (((   `\

>Since you're obviously a clueless newbie,            _ _`\   )
>I'll repeat: TURN OFF HTML in your news-             (^  )   )
>reader! (Select "Plain Text.") Otherwise,             ~-(     )
>you won't be able to see the script. You              _'((,,,)))
>shouldn't be reading newsgroups with HTML          ,-' \_/    `\
>enabled, anyway, d00d.                            (          ,  |

Agent is a TEXT ONLY newsreader, d00d.

>                                                   `-.-'`-.-'/|_|
>SAMPLE SCRIPT:                                        \     / | |
>                                                       =()=: / ,' ua
><html>
><font face="courier" size="2">
><pre>
>
>
>                (The ASCII art goes here)
>
>
></pre>
></font>
></html>

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From: Elvis Coltman <jaz...@centurioncable.com>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: reading and saving ASCII art in this NG?
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:07:07 -0500
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