Re: [FAQ] New to ascii art? Read me first!

"Veronica Karlsson" <asc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:398...@hotmail.com...
> Ool wrote:

> >    : :    : :                  ::        \   \              ;;
> >    : :    : :                  :: _____   \   \            ;;
> >    `.`.   : :         __  ,-. ,--'   __|`. \   \          ;;
> >     : :   : :        /  |`| |`:--'| |`. `.`.\   \        ;;
> >     : :   : :       / , | | |  `. | |  `. `.`\   \      ;;
> >     : :   : :      / /| | | |    `| |    `. `.\   \    ;;
> >     `.`.  : :     /  -' | | |     | |  _   `-.`\   \  ;;
> >      : :  : :    / _,-  | | |_,--.| | (_).    `.\   \;;
> >      : :  : :   / /`. |_| |___,--:`-' _`__`.    `\   \.
> >      : :  : :  /_/  _`___`____,---`--'____|`:_    \   \`.
> >      `.`. : : ,----'__________,---__-____  `-.`-.  \   \.`.
> >       : : : : `----__ __()() _ /\| =)-.,-'`-. `-.-_ \   \`.:
> >       : : :_:   /\<_// /||||;-//\\|\\ ||__   `-. `-:.\   \:
> >       : : | |  //\\_>\_\||||___,-------'__|`-.  `-._`-\   \
> >       `.`.|_|  _,------'_______,-+---+-:_  `-.`-._  `-.\ ,:'-.
> >         :|   ||_,+----+' / _ \`-/ ,-. \  `--. `-._`--. ,:||`-'
> >         :|   |   | ===' / :-: \ \ \_/ /_._   `-._ `--.`',-.`-._
> >      __-------_  | ,_| / ,---. \_\_____/-._-     `--._`-| ||-./
> >     |          |/|_|_,====================\`-._       `-| ||.|
> >     |       _,------------.__===========ool\_(A)`-.._   | ||\
> >     |     _|                 `--- ,'|\     |_`--.    `--|_||/
> >     |    | | ALT.ASCII-ART: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS /  ||-.

> > (Feel free to diddle if you like it.)

> I'm going to destroy your lovely perspective thingy and try to introduce
> some readability (remember, it's aimed at newbies who may not yet have
> "tuned" their eyes enough to intepret complex stuff, like for example,
> llizard's IPOS...).

>   | |     : :                  ::        \   \              ;;
>   J J     : :                  ::         \   \            ;;
>    L L    : :         __   _   _________   \   \          ;;
>    | |    : :        /  |`| |`|___   ___|`-.\   \        ;;
>    J J    : :       / . | | |  `-.| |`-. `-.`\   \      ;;
>     L L   : :      / /| | | |     | |   `-. `-\   \    ;;
>     | |   : :     / /_| | | |     | |      `-. \   \. ;;
>     J J   : :    / ___  | | |     | |  _      `-\   \`-.
>      L L  : :   / /`-.| | | |___  | | (_)._      \   \-.`-._
>      | |  : :  /_/____|_|_|_____|_|_|__`_ _`-.    \   \ `-._`
>      J J  : : |__________________________| `-.`-.  \   \-.  >
>       L L : :      _  _            _  ___ `-. `-.`-.\   \ `'
>       | | :_:   /\(_ / ` | | _ /\ | )  | `-. `-. `-. \   \|
>       J J | |  /--\_)\_,_|_|_-/--\|_\__|__  `-. `-._`-\   \
>        L L|_| |___________________________|`-. `-._ `-.\ .:'-.
>        | |   |    _____   ___      ___     `-.`-._ `-._ \     \
>        J J   |   |  ___|`/ _ \`-._/ _ \`--.   `-._`--._`-:||`-'
>         L L  |   | |_   / /_\ \  / / \ \   `-._   `--. `-.-.`-._
>      __-------_  |  _|`/ _____ \ \ \_/ /_._    `--._  `-.| ||-./
>     |          |/|_|_./_/_____\_\_\_____/=\`-._     `-.  | ||.|
>     |       _.-----------------------------\_(A)`-.._  `-| ||\
> ool |     _|                               |_`--.    `-- |_||/
> /VK |    | | ALT.ASCII-ART: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS /   ||-.


HOW DARE YOU?!  No, just kidding.

Yes, that IS better.  But then the dot in "ALT." should be on the
baseline.  I also feel a personal attachment to the stair pattern un-
der the Q in "FAQ."  The klieg light in the foreground to the right
was damaged and I restored and rediddled it.

The one thing I'm not sure about is the "(A)."  It's in the place
where the "registered trademark (R)" is positioned in the original.
I can't decide whether that ought to be left in as an obscure joke or
not.


    | |     : :                  ::        \   \              ;;
    J J     : :                  ::         \   \            ;;
     L L    : :         __   _   _________   \   \          ;;
     | |    : :        /  |`| |`|___   ___|`-.\   \        ;;
     J J    : :       / . | | |  `-.| |`-. `-.`\   \      ;;
      L L   : :      / /| | | |     | |   `-. `-\   \    ;;
      | |   : :     / /_| | | |     | |      `-. \   \. ;;
      J J   : :    / ___  | | |     | |         `-\   \`-.
       L L  : :   / /`-.| | | |___  | |  _         \   \-.`-._
       | |  : :  /_/____|_|_|_____|_|_|_(_) _       \   \ `-._`:
       J J  : : |__________________________| `-.     \   \-.,-'
        L L : :      _  _            _  ___ `-. `-.   \   \ |
        | | :_:   /\(_ / ` | | _ /\ | )  | `-. `-. `-. \   \|
        J J | |  /--\_)\_,_|_|_-/--\|_\__|__  `-. `-._`-\   \
         L L|_| |___________________________|`-. `-._ `-.\   \
         | |   |    _____   ___      ___     `-.`-._ `-._ \ ,!`-.
         J J   |   |  ___|`/ _ \`-._/ _ \`--.   `-._`--._`-'||`-'
          L L  |   | |_   / /_\ \  / / \ \   `-._   `--. `-,+.`-._
       __-------_  |  _|`/ _____ \ \ \_/ /_._    `--._  `-.|X||-./
       |          |/|_|_./_/_____\_\_\_____/=\`-._     `-.  |X||.|
      |       _,--------------.____ -========\_(A)`-.._  `-|X||\
  Ool |     _|                     `         |_`--.    `-- |X||/
  /VK |    | | ALT.ASCII-ART: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS   / ||-.


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