Welcome letter_ Thanks , Questions and a xmas greeting

			Hello,
............................................
a couple of weeks ago I received the groups welcome letter,
sent by Veronica. I'd like to thank you and add a few Questions.

* Was it a NONO to ask for Halloween ASCIIs? By then I had found
 some Collections on the Web but not much Holiday stuff so far.

>The first thing you should do, if you haven't already, 
>is to read the "FAQ".

Well though I have done so, I guess I need to read some parts over and
over. Takes time to get into my Head :-) Will you Forgive me?

>    http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
>    http://www-lil.univ-littoral.fr/~jobard/PictextService/

Figlet is a handy tool, very nice if you long for your name in ASCII.
But the converter is, well not the real thing. 

*Is "PictextService" really the best of them all? 
*Are there any good converters at all (Share-freeware downloads)?

>A method that usually gives better results is "The Plastic Bag
>Method". It sounds like a "crayon on the screen" joke, but it
>actually works.

I will try that for sure, when I start making my first bigger ascii's.
Seems like a better way than using the converter given above.

>Some pictures don't have initials on them and it's not obvious who
>made them. In that case you should add "Artist Unknown" to the
>picture to point out that you do not claim to have made it yourself.

*How about the smallish ones, like the tiny star below?
*Some small Images seem familiar, and often used.
*Should I always try to contact the creator?

Thanks for reading and all your patience with newbies.

BTW:
Here's my very first. Simple but not stolen; I hope...:-}

*  .  o    *
o *  ._/\_ .             .     
   . \    /  *    o   *      o *
. * ./_  _\.  Merry Christmas, Sylvia
*  o   \/  . *    o *  .* o
    *          *

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