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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 9 Jun 1996.
Re: REQ:Clasic Works of Art

Re: REQ:Clasic Works of Art

In article <475...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk>, colef
<ale...@cgfarm.demon.co.uk> writes:

>In article: <4pbcoe$pu...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>  vam...@aol.com
(VampLadee)
>writes:
>> Path: 
>
>cgfarm.demon.co.uk!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!usenet2
.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!
>
>EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!news
bf02.news.aol.com!not-f
>or-mail
>
>> 
>> :::sigh:::  Why would having an AOL address give people the
>> impression that you are a newbie?  Are you embarrassed by
>> your AOL address?  I'm well aware of how ISPers feel about
>> AOL members.  Just a thought...
>> 
>> This group is for ASCII art which stands for American Standard
>> Code for Information Interchange.  So bascally, artwork should
>> be kept to that font.  But what font is that?  Courier?  Is that
>> what text programs use such as Windows Notepad?
>> 
>
>AAaaargh!!! don't you get it? ascii is not a font! it is (as you said)
simply
>the american >standard code for information interchange, just as bcd
>is binary coded decimal.... you can use any bloody font you like
>and btb you should be embarrassed by your aol adress; it makes you
>look like a newbie because everybody except a newbie knows how
>crap america online is 

>p.s. ME TOO!!!! ;)
>
>
>luv--alx 

:::sigh, again:::

Yes, dear, I get it as I stated so.  But did =you= know that Courier
=is= a non-proportional font?

I don't know how ISPs work, but not all fonts are non-proportional.
Perchance you can fill me in, eh?  If you change =your= font= to
oh, let's say ARIAL, do you get the same results?  Tell me, please.

I'm always willing to learn something new, usually from an
intelligent mature person, but you'll have to do.  I have nothing to be
embarrassed about and I am not going to argue with you about it.

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From: vam...@aol.com (VampLadee)
Subject: Re: REQ:Clasic Works of Art
Date: 1996/06/09
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