Re: What do we do when we do ASCII Art?
From Vice Admiral Acker <Kam...@rotfl.com>
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· 13 Mar 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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You don't really 'draw' and you don't really 'write', I think the correct word is "CONSTRUCT". In article <AU8...@l00aker-wood.demon.co.uk>, Matthew May <mat...@l00aker-wood.ANGEL.co.uk> wrote: > In article <36d...@news.vossnet.net>, Martin Atkins > <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> writes > > > >Hello, > > > >I've been wondering what is the correct (or accepted) verb to describe the > >process of producing ASCII art? Is it 'draw' (I *draw* ascii art) or 'write' > >(I *write* ascii art) ... ? Both of those sound odd, since it isn't really > >drawn because that implies either pencil drawing or in a graphics package, > >and writing implies the forming of words, which are very rare in most ascii > >pics. > <snip> > > I don't have a problem with 'draw'. I'm sure that before computer > graphics packages became popular, 'to draw' implied pencil/pen drawing - > now you say it implies pencil/pen or a graphics package. How is a text > editor being used to draw ASCII art different to a regular computer > graphics package? > > Apart from that, I think 'create' is also a good one - but then you can > 'create' a picture on paper as well as 'draw' one. :) > > MAtt. > > (Replace UPPERCASE word with DEMON to reply) > > |\\ //| ----------------- mdm...@geocities.com ---------------- |\ /| > |_\A/_| A smile is a curve that sets the world straight | \/ | > / | | \ | /TT| > \/ U \/ -- http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Bluffs/8087/ -- |/ ||| > .---------------------------.-----------------------------------. | Vice Admiral Acker | mailto:Vic...@rotfl.com | | "Life's short, have fun!" | HOMEPAGE: Under Construction | '---------------------------'-----------------------------------' -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,55e255a8955d6280 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Vice Admiral Acker <Kam...@rotfl.com> Subject: Re: What do we do when we do ASCII Art? Date: 1999/03/13 Message-ID: <7ccni8$mb1$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 454426035 References: <36d...@news.vossnet.net> <AU8...@l00aker-wood.demon.co.uk> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x15.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 208.16.10.144 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Mar 13 03:54:50 1999 GMT Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.06 [en] (Win95; I)
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