Re: Any help would be humbly appreciated

>Subject: Any help would be humbly appreciated
>From: "jo firey" <JO_...@prodigy.net>
>Date: 3/14/99 5:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
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>I've been trying to explain ascii-art to my aunt but don't really know =
>enuf to help.  I know most needs to be viewed using a fixed font.  What =
>font and size are recommended?  I cannot figure out how to get my =
>browser to use a given font.  (It changed on me today and then changed =
>back and I haven't a clue why)  So far if a message on the NG looks =
>interesting I select it, then full screen then mark it to forward at =
>which point I can select the entire message and edit. =20
>
>There has got to be an easier way?  =20
>

     The easiest way to point anyone to ASCII art is to send them to
dejanews.com and read the ALT.ASCII-ART newsgroup from there. They use
fixed-width fonts for their postings. Most news readers should be set to at
least one f-w font for this page.

>The fonts I have that seem to be fixed are Lucida console, OCR a, =
>prestige, and courier new.  What is recommended?

Courier New for me.
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