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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 2 Dec 2005.
Re: bad doodles

Re: bad doodles

Corvus Corax wrote:
> ...
> btw, any idea how to draw a thin line in ascii that has this almost vertical
> angle? my automatic converter leaves almost all of it blank since theres nothing
> to fill a vertical which is more left than [ or more right than ] within the
> characterspace - horizontal are less of a problem, multiple available chars
> there _.-~
> 
>          L        j       |                                       
>         jL        j       |                                       
>         j'        I       |                                       
>         4'        I       l                                       
>         4         I       [                                       
>         #         l       '      ,                                
>         #         L                                               
>     ... #___      '                                               
>         #      ~~~~`   ----    ..=... ____                        
>         F        j       |                    ~~~ =   ---    =    
>         f        j       |                                        
>        jL        ]       |      |                                 
>        j'        I       l                                        
>   ...__j___      I       [                                        
>        4' ~~~~~~"f^^-----m   ...1.._______                        
>        #         L                       ~~~~~~"^^^------   ...   
>        #         L                                                
>        #         '                                                
>        #        j       |                                         
>   ww,,jL_______ j       |                                         
>        F   ~~~~"7""^^^^m4mmmmwwwww,,,_________                    
>        L        I       l                ~~~~~""""^^^*mmmmwmwww   
>       j'        l       l                                         
>       4'        I       [                                         
>       4         L                                                 
>  www..#,________L                                                 
>       #     ~~~~~~~""""^^-----mmwwwww...,,________                
>       #                |                      ~~~~~~""""^^-----   
>       F        j       |                                          
>       F        |       |      |                                   
>       L        I       |                                          
>   "^*4M*mmmwwww&ww,____1______,                                   
>      j'        I      ~[~~~~""7""^****mmmwwwwwww,,__________      
>      4'        l                                    ~~~~~~""""    
>      4         '                                                  
>      4         '                                                  
>      #                                                            
>      #        j       |                                           
>      #        j       |                                           
>      F        ]       |                                           

You are right: Vertical lines are hard. Here is the same drawing done 
with JavE (using the watermark feature to have your drawing as 
background, and the generic line tool to draw the lines upon):

          .        .       |       .
          |        |       |       |
         |        |        |      |
         |        |        |      |
         |        |        |      |
         |        |       |       |
         |        |       |       |
     ....|______  |       |       |
         |      `'|''''---+---....|...______
         |        |       |       |         `''''''--------...
         |        |       |      |
         |        |       |      |
        |        |        |      |
   .....|______  |        |      |
        |      `'|''''---+---....|..._______
        |        |       |       |          `''''''`-------....
        |        |       |       |
        |        |       |       |
        |        |       |      .'
   ----.|.....___|__     |      |
        |        |  `''''|`-----+......._______
       .'       .'       |      |              `'''''-------...
       |        |        |      |
       |        |       |       |
       |        |       |       |
  ----.|.....___|__     |       |
       |        |  `''''|'-----.'.......______
       |        |       |      |              `''''''-------...
       |        |       |      |
       |        |       |      |
       |        |       |      |
   ---+-.......|________|      |
      |        |       |`''''''|'--------.........________
      |        |       |       |                          `'''
      |        |       |       |
      |        |       |      |
      |        |       |      |
      |        |       |      |
      |        |       |      |
      '

Besides the 'generic' approach for drawing lines, there are also some 
alorithms available. They are based on the work and knowledge of real 
ascii artists:

'Veronica':

|    |    |     |
\    |    |     /     /
  |   |    |    |     /        .'
  \   |    |    /    /        /
   |  \    /   /    /       .'
   \   |  |   |    /       /           .-'
    |  |  |   /   /      .'         .-'
    \  |  |  |   |     .'         .'          _
     | |  |  /   /    /        .-'        _.-'
     \ |  | |   /   .'      .-'      _.-''
      |\  / /  /  .'     .-'    _..-'
      \ || /  /  /    .-'  __.-'
       ||||  / .'  .-' _.-'
       \||/ / /  .'.--'              ____...----'''
        || /.'.-''    ___....----''''
        \//.-:----''''

'Glory':

:    :    :     :      ;
:    :    :     ;     ;
  :   :    ;    ;     ;        ,'
  :   :   :    :     ;       ,'
  :   :   :    ;    ;       ;
   :  :   ;   ;    ;      ,'          ,-'
   :  :  :   :    ;     ,'         ,-'
    : :  :   ;   ;    ,'        ,-'           ,,
    :  : :  :  ,'    ;       ,-'          ,-~'
     : : ;  ; ;    ,'     ,-'        ,-~''
     : ::  ; ;   ,'     ,'      ,-~~'
      ::: : ;  ,'    ,-'   ,-~~'
      ::; ;; ,'   ,-' ,--~'
      :: ;; ;  ,-;,-~'              ,,,,-----~~~~''
       ::;,',-'~'  ,,,,,----~~~~''''
       ;;;-''~~''''

'Segerman':

L    L     J    J       /
J    L     |    F      /        .'
  L   |     F   /      /        /
  J   J    J   J      /       .'
   L  J    |   F     /      .'
   J   L   F  /     /     .'            .-'
    L  L  J  J     /     /           .-'
    J  |  |  F    /    .'         .-'          _
     L |  | J   .'   .'        .-'        _.--"
     J J  F F  /   .'       .-'      _.--"
      LJ J /  /   /     _.-'    _.--"
      J L|J  /  .'   .-'   _.--"
       LLFF / .'  .-' _.--"
       J|/ /.' .-'.--"                ____....-----
        L //.-'""    ____....----"""""
        J/';----"""""

'CeeJay (normal)':

|    |    |      |
`.   |    |     ,'    /        ,"
  |   |    |    ,'    /        /
  `.  |   ,'    |    /       ,"
   |  |   |    ,'   /      ,"
   `. |   |   ,'   /      /             ,-"
    | |   |   |   /     ,"           ,-"
    `.`. ,'  ,'  /    ,"          ,-"         _
     | | |   |  /    /         ,-"       _.--"
     `.| |  ,' /   ,"       ,-"     _..-"
      || | ,' /  ,"     _.-"   __.-'
      `.,' | /  /    ,-"   _.-'
       || ,'/ ,"  ,-" _.--"
       `.,'/," ,-I..-"              ____....----''
       |||//,=;-'   ____....----''""
       `''""----''""

'CeeJay (alternative)':

|    |    |     |
`.   |    |    .'      /
  |   |    |    |      /       ,'
  `.  |   .'   .'     /       /
   |  `.  |   .'     /      ,'
   `.  |  |   |     /     ,'           .-'
    |  |  |  .'    /    ,'          .-'
    `. | .'  |    /    /         .-'          .
     | | |  .'  ,'   ,'       .-'        .--'"
     `.| |  |  /   ,'      .-'      ..-'"
      |`.| .' /   /    _,-"     .-'"
      `.|'.' /  ,'  .-'    .-'""
       || | / ,' .-'  .-''"
       `..'/,'.-'..-'"                 ....----''''
        ||//-:-'"      ....----''''""""
        :''""-''''"""""

'bug':

;    ;    :     :     /
:    |    |     ;    /
  ;   |    |    :    /         .'
  :   |    |    ;   /         /
   ;  :    ;   /   /        .'
   :   ;  :   :   /       .'           .-'
    ;  |  |   ;  /      .'          .-'
    :  |  |  :  :      /         .-'          _.
     ; |  |  ;  ;    .'       .-'         .-*"
     : |  | :  /   .'      .-'       _-="'
      ;:  ; ; /   /     .-'     _.=*'
      : ;: / /  .'   .-'    .-*"
       ;||: / .'  .-'  _.="'
       :||;/.' .-' .-*"             __...--==**""''
        ;|//.-'-="'  __..--===**""''
        :;''*'**"""''

'normal':

|    |    |     |
\    |    |     /     /
  |   |    |    |     /        ,'
  \   |    |    /    /        /
   |  \    /   /    /       ,'
   \   |  |   |    /      ,'           ,-"
    |  |  |   /   /     ,'          ,-"
    \  |  |  |   /     /         ,-"          _,
     | |  |  /  /    ,'       ,-"        _,,-"
     \ |  | |  /   ,'      ,-"      __,-"
      |\  / / /   /     ,-"     _,-"
      \ || / /  ,'   ,-"   _,-""
       |||| / ,'  ,-" _,--"
       \||//,' ,-I,,-"                ____,,,,----"
        ||//,=j-"     ____,,,,----""""
        \/'",,----""""

Regards,
Markus

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