Re: fonts??
In article <39D...@student.canterbury.ac.nz>, Matthew Thomas <mpt...@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Lauri Kangas wrote: > >... > > The only good thing in fixedsys is that it shows the ~ in the right > > place, unlike Courier. > > i.e. _.-~ looks right in fixedsys, but to get the same result in > > courier, you must use _.-" > >... > > Calling the top of the line the `right' place for a tilde is misguided > at best, and flamebait at worst. It makes sense to put a tilde at the > top of the line when it is part of another character, but when it is by > itself neither the top nor the middle of the line is inherently the > `right' place to put it. > > Indeed the venerable Concise Oxford Dictionary used to use the tilde as > a short way of repeating the main word of an entry, and when they did so > they put it in the middle of the line. I guess that ascii pics should made such as any fixed width font displays them correctly ... It's better to keep in mind that a few characters may vary depending on the font (such as ~ or '). The '~' is good for the wavy effect (to draw water or a small flag for instance) but not good for diagonal lines. Stef Obascii : man on a raft with a flag ... ~| HELP ! | \0/ | | | / \ ~~~ oooooooo ~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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