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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 27 Oct 2000.
Re: ascii clocks

Re: ascii clocks

Faux_Pseudo wrote:

> --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)--
>                 --(Nathan said it like only they can.)--
> >                ___________________________
> >              /|           (\              |
> >             | | A R M     _\)     S A F E |
> >          ___|_|___________________________|_____
> >         /\       _______________________        \
> >    .-==(* )::::/|                       |::::::::)==-.
> >   /     \/####| |  --   --     --   --  |#######/     \
> >  |      /\    | | |  | |  |   |  | |  | |       \      |
> >   >--==(* ):::| | |  | |  | o |  | |  | |::::::::)==--<
> >  |      \/####| |  --   --     --   --  |#######/      |
> >   \     /\    | | |  | |  | o |  | |  | |       \     /
> >    `-.=(* ):::| | |  | |  |   |  | |  | |::::::::)=.-`
> >      |  \/####| |  --   --     --   --  |NDT####/  |
> >       \        \|_______________________|         /
> >        \     _   _   _     / \     _   _   _     /
> >         `._ ( ) ( ) ( )   /   \   ( ) ( ) ( ) _.`
> >            `-`-.-`-.-`-.-`     `-.-`-.-`-.-`-`
> >  --        --   --        --   --   __   --   --
> > |  |    |    |    | |  | |    |    |  | |  | |  |
> > |  |    |    |    | |  | |    |       | |  | |  |
> >            --   --   --   --   --        --   --
> > |  |    | |       |    |    | |  |    | |  |    |
> > |  |    | |       |    |    | |  |    | |  |    |
> >  --        --   --        --   --        --   --
> >Hope this helps you?
> >I guess you wanted the clock numbers to be around 7 - 8 lines but the clock
> >could be bigger?
>
> this is about what i am looking for
> and the clock as i said can be any size as long as its big enough
> for the the text
>
> but i remember seeing fonts in this group befor and i didnt pay much attention
> to to them.
> what i need to know is what is the proper size for a ascii font?
> i went to ascipr0n.com and looked at the fonts there and noticed
> that most fonts are about 5 lines in hight, is this corect?
>
> it would be nice if one could just point the app to a dir of standerd sized
> fonts that are already in exsistance.
> am i asking to much or is there a real standerd?
>
> just for pourpuses of geting the code done i am working with a 5 line font
> but i will be able to change that once i get a solid answer.
>
> and the clock is sweet
> that is exactly what i want to see.
> after formating for the app it would be in a file called something like
> asciiclock/arm_safe
> and look something like this
>                 ___________________________
>               /|           (\              |
>              | | A R M     _\)     S A F E |
>           ___|_|___________________________|_____
>          /\       _______________________        \
>     .-==(* )::::/|                       |::::::::)==-.
>    /     \/####| | $ASCIILINE1 |#######/     \
>   |      /\    | | $ASCIILINE2 |       \      |
>    >--==(* ):::| | $ASCIILINE3 |::::::::)==--<
>   |      \/####| | $ASCIILINE4 |#######/      |
>    \     /\    | | $ASCIILINE5 |       \     /
>     `-.=(* ):::| | $ASCIILINE6 |::::::::)=.-`
>       |  \/####| | $ASCIILINE7 |NDT####/  |
>        \        \|_______________________|         /
>         \     _   _   _     / \     _   _   _     /
>          `._ ( ) ( ) ( )   /   \   ( ) ( ) ( ) _.`
>             `-`-.-`-.-`-.-`     `-.-`-.-`-.-`-`
>
> so that the app can just spit the numbers out into it but i need
> standerd hight and width ascii font letters so that all the skins
> and letters will be compatable with each other and the app's formating
> techniqu
>
>
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Maybe  from figlet :  http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Using lcd
 ___   _     ___   ___         ___   ___   ___   ___   ___
|  /|   |       |     | | |   |     |        /  |   | |   |   |
| + |   +    -+-   -+-   -+-   -+-  |-+-    +    -+-   -+-|
|/  |   |   |         |   |       | |   |  /    |   |     |   |
 ---   ---   ---   ---         ---   ---         ---   ---

Mael

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