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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 29 Oct 1994.
Answer: Why does ASCII art look screwed up when I dl?

Answer: Why does ASCII art look screwed up when I dl?

Robert Kennedy <ken...@cam.org> writes:

[snip]

>Also, copying them from the newsgroup and pasting them into another
>document--or even opening them in the clipboard produces the same result.

>What am I doing wrong? TIA.

Try using the Terminal font in your Windows apps. It's the only font
that does justice to the ASCII artwork.

Craig

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