Re: How are ASCII art best viewed ?

>>the environment for which most creations are made. Black chars on
>>white or white on black, that is. I'm confused while drawing things
>>which hava a lot of shading. (I use white on black : Text mode).
>
>personally, I create ASCII art  w/notepad...
>black on white.  However, it is a matter
>of personal  taste as to how you want
>to create the ASCII art for shading --
>I've seen it both ways... black on white
>and white w/dark background for shading.
>Most  conversion type programs  utilize
>light text  w/background... at least, it
>seems that way to me.  Make sense?
>
>-joan


Oh. 
Look, this is what happened when I tried to negate a pic
of mine to suit dark on bright canvas.

Original --

                __             
                \."\         _/$\
                 |.:$\     _/$$$$|
                 |..:$$\ _/$$$$$$$|
                 |...:$$$\$$$$$$$$|
                $:....:$$$\"-$$$$$|
              /$%%%:.:::$$$$%%%%%%.\
             /$%%%%;;;;;%%%%%%/  \%%|
            /$%%%%%%%%%%%12$$$$. .\%%\
           /$$%%%%%%%%12$$$$$$$$$$$$\%%\ 
         /$$$%%%%%%%12$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. /
       .$$$$%%%%%%12$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"
      /$$%%%%%%%%12$$$$$$$$3%P"""""" 
     $%%%%%%%%%12$$$$$$$$$$3%%a       _._
    :$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$3%%$\    _.\\_\
   ...............................  \__|\\_  My cat has been headed to make it
                                         `\\_   small
                                           `\D

 Negation..

                __             
                \NN\         _/%\
                 |NH%\     _/%%%%|
                 |NNH%%\ _/%%%%%%%|
                 |NNNH%%%\%%%%%%%%|
                %HNNNNH%%%\OO%%%%%|
              /%OOOHNHHH%%%%OOO%%%%\
             /%OOOOXXXXXOOOOO%nMMa%%|
            /%OOOOOOOOOOO12%%%%MMN\%%\
           /%%OOOOOOOO12%%%%%%%%%%%%\%%\ 
         /%%%OOOOOOO12%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%MMM
       /%%%%OOOOOO12%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%Y
      /%%OOOOOOOO12%%%%%%%%3OP"""""" 
     %OOOOOOOOO12%%%%%%%%%%3OOa        _._
    H%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%3OO%\     _.\\_\
   ...............................   \__|\\_  My cat's head cut away.
                                          `\\_
                                            `\D

Where can I find programs that do this sort of negation.
BTW Is it pics with more Line art that is being talked about ?

Thx for help.

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