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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