Re: [REQUEST] 'Goofy' signature
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 4 Oct 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Steven 'GoofY' de Brouwer <goo...@stack.nl> wrote: >On 4 Oct 1998 05:24:24 GMT, Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote: >>Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> wrote: >>>.----- On Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:39:09 GMT, Steven 'GoofY' de Brouwer posted: >>>|--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -->=8 Cut here - --- >>>|| ____ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ _____ | >>>|| / ) ____) ) ( ) ( \ ___) ( ( ) ) ) | >>>|| ( / / __ / (_\ / \ | (__ \ \/ / / | >>>|| ) ( ( ( \ ( ) ( _ ) | __) \ / ( | >>>|| / \ \__) ) \ / \ ) / | ( ) / ) | >>>|| (______) (____) (_____) (___/ \______/ (______/ | >>>||------------------------------------------------------------------| >>>So you`re the guy who made that lovely font! >>Nope, the above Sig actually uses the Figlet Font GOOFY.FLF which >>already exists: >And who, do you think, made that already existing font? >If you look at the file using Notepad or such, you will see: >|"Written by Steven <GoofY> de Brouwer (Goo...@dds.nl)" >Coincidence? Try it... send a mail... >> ______ ___ ___ ________ __ __ >> ) ____) ) ( ) ( \ ___) ( ( ) ) >> / / __ / \ / \ | (__ \ \/ / >>( ( ( \ ( ) ( ) | __) \ / >> \ \__) ) \ / \ / | ( ) / >> )______( )___( )___( /____\ /__( >>I've diddled the letters to make them more easily read. >Yep, now they are much more readable! Thanks! >But however, it was the intension that they were indeed UNreadable... From GOOFY.FLF: >|"Based on the stupid reaction from people to watch the 'foreground-objects' >| first (it's a kind of goofy, isn't it? :) " >But if you prefer them readable, be my guest ;) >-- >GoofY >[who still wants a nice ascii-picture from Goofy > for in his signature ;) ] My apologies, I had not realised that you were the author of the Figfont GOOFY.FLF...thank heavens you are not a copyright freak and did not include any "conditions of use" in the header notes of your Figfont. *8-) I think the only genuine ascii Goofy to date is by Joan Stark: . \ | / _\|/_ .' ' ' '. ___ _.|.--.--.|.___.--'___`-. .'.'|| | ||`----'"` ``'` .'.' ||()|()|| .___..-'.' / \ `----'"` / .-. \ (.'.(___).'.) `.__.-.__.' jgs |_| |_| `.`-'.' `"` These others are of similar characters eg Pluto et al: ,_-~~~-, _-~~-_ / ^-_/ \_ _-~-. | /\ , `-_/ \ | /~^\ '/ /~\ /~\ / \_ \ \_/ }/ / \ \ ,_\ } Y / /~ /~ | Y \ | / | {Q) {Q) | | \_/ | \ _===_ / | / >--{ }--< \ /~ \_._/ ~\ / * * Y * \ | * .: | :.* * | \ )--__==#==__-- / \_ \ \ \ ,/ '~_ | | } ,~' \ {___/ / \ ~~~ / /\._._._./\ -Keely- { ^^^ } ~-_______-~ / \ .;;;. :;;;;:' .; :;;: .;;;',;;;; ;: :: ,;;;;`;;;:'::;;:, :;;;;;; ;;,$$$c` $L ;;;;;;;`: $$$$$h $$: :;;;;;;;,`J$$$$$$h$$$> ;;;;`;';;`3$$$$$$$$$$N ;;',;:;;;`3$$$$$$$$$$$> cc, ',;',;;;;,3$$$$$$$$$$$> cCC''C .;'.:;;';;:'$$$$$$$$$$$E cCCC7'> ,;` ';;',$nn`:4$$$$$$$$$$f CCCCcC ,;` ':'$$$$$ R$$$F R> > zdE'CCCCC ;;` '$$*#*$L R$E " ..ur .d$$ u$$$$$ CCC": :;;; $x$h"i7$L"N d$$$F.d$$$":$$$$$$$$uuo$$ :;;; ?$$$k?$$$$fd$$$$ d$$$$ d$$$$$$$$$$$$$F:$L ;;;' 4$$$L?$$$$$$$$k$$$$$b$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Fd$$E :;;;` c`"$$$h'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ;;;;` cC $$$$$h "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$EJ$$$P $$$$" ,;;;;` ,C $$$$$$$$h "R$$$$$$$$$$$Bd$.$$F d$P" :;;;;` ,C'9$$$$$$$$$$$u '"?$$$$$$$$$F" ..ue> :;;;;' CC $$$$$$$$$$k'?$$$-.... @$R" :;;;;; CC,'$$$$$$$$$$" :: $$$$" ';;;;; "CCc """"" :;; :;;;;` 'CC :;;' `:::' ;;; Another PLUTO :;;; ';;;; Name of Artist Unknown ';;: ` __ __ / | | \ / `| | | |' \ / /| | | |\ \ / / | | '.'. | | \ \ / / _|_|__ \|__|_|_ \ \ / / / _ \-/ _ \ \ \ /.:::::./ / /' \. ./ `\ \ \.:::::.\ .:::::::/ | | | | | | \:::::::. \::::::/ | \| mMM| |MMm |/ | \::::::/ /~/~~~~ | -`_ MMM| |MMM _'- | ~~~\~\ ' ' | `::::::::' | ` ` //\ / `::::::' \ /\\ /' :::: `\ | :: | / __/'`\__ \ | .--' `-__-' `--. | dcau |' `| ---.--------. | \______ | - ---^^- / / E-mAiL Me iF U ||/ HaVe: ||| . .. .:'':. wiz...@most-wanted.com /^/^^\/ \ wiz...@california.com . ___O_\O_/ | wiz...@albatross.org | / wiz...@hotmail.com | .._ / \ ____/ | | / | | // PLeAsE HeLp | | || mE FiNd My | \ __ /| WiZZy | \ / \ __| \__/ | -WiZKiD- \ / | \-/ (_ \ | |\________\ | /| | \ \ | ____ | | | ______\ \ \ / ____/ | / ____/ \ \(_ / \ \(_ / | \_(____.../ \_(_____/ [ AiN't NoTHiNg BuT a cHiCkeN WaNg BaBy ] None of them are small enough for a 4 or 6-line Sig so you will have to use your talent to reduce them to Sig size and still look real Goofy! You could use Style's RESIZE.EXE utility (location given below) but the results are not likely to be too helpful. Here are the top three pictures resized by RESIZE.EXE: jgs Keely Pluto 50% reduction: 50% reduction: 30% reduction _|_ ^_ \ _~. ;;:;, _|-.-|__-'_`. | /^ / ~ /\ /\ \ ;;`$$$ .. |(|)| Y / / | ..':$$$E C7 --" - _=_ ` $* ..$$$C: ._-_. ~ \./ ~ ; 4$$$$$b$$$$dE .-. | :|:* | :; ,$$$$'$$$".> _ \ , '; " "" ; \ {_/ / :; \___/ -el- =========================================================================== From: sTiLe <sti...@mindless.com> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Ascii-art resizer! Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 01:48:48 -0400 Lines: 63 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980731014127.986A-100000@localhost> I needed to slim down an ascii-art I got somewhere so that I could use it, because it was 27 lines. I'm not too good with ascii-art, so I just wrote a program to scale down (or up) an ascii-art... example: ooo$$$$$$$$$$$$oooo oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o o$ $$ o$ o $ oo o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o $$ $$ $$o$ oo $ $ "$ o$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$o $$$o$$o$ "$$$$$$o$ o$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$o $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ """$$$ "$$$""""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$$ $$$ o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$$o o$$" $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$o $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$""$$$$$$ooooo$$$$o o$$$oooo$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$"$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$"""""""" """" $$$$ "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" o$$$ "$$$o """$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"$$" $$$ $$$o "$$""$$$$$$"""" o$$$ $$$$o oo o$$$" "$$$$o o$$$$$$o"$$$$o o$$$$ "$$$$$oo ""$$$$o$$$$$o o$$$$"" ""$$$$$oooo "$$$o$$$$$$$$$""" ""$$$$$$$oo $$$$$$$$$$ """"$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$" "$$$"""" when shrunken to 75% becomes: o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ o$ $ o$ oo$ $"$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$o$o$ "$$$$o$ o$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$o $$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$""""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$ $$ o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$o o$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ "$$$$oooo$$$o $$$$$$"$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$"""""" """ $$$ "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" o$$ "$$o ""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" $$$ $$o oo o$$" "$$$o o$$$$o"$$$o o$$$ "$$$$ooo $$$o$$$$$$""" ""$$$$$o $$$$$$$$ """$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ "$$""" Neat, eh? it works like an image scaler, though, so you don't gain detail as you increase size, and as you decrease size you lose some of the letters. Dos: http://www.bignet.net/~thekid39/resize.exe Unix (C source): http://www.bignet.net/~thekid39/resize.c to run: resize percent < input file > output file ======================================================================= Have fun,
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4c337f03004f7da9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> Subject: Re: [REQUEST] 'Goofy' signature Date: 1998/10/04 Message-ID: <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> X-Deja-AN: 397737266 References: <360...@news.demon.nl> <360...@news.vossnet.net> <907...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <361...@news.demon.nl> Organization: Southern InterNet Services User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/5.4 (sun4m)) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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