Re: Updated Hollywood figlet font

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:25:43 +0200, Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen <new...@ceejay.cjb.REMOVE_TO_REPLYnet> wrote:

>lgbeard enlightented me with this :
>>>Here's an updated version of the hollywood.flf figfont.
>
>> It is by far a lot smoother to read. Put into Jave and tried it.
>> here is the result (___ not lined up. And there is a string error
>> at about 58 or 59, and also not being able to continue to the second 
>> line. String error continues with it. I like your version better not
>> so heavy.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>              .'``.                 .'            .'
>>            .'   ._)              .'          --.'--
>>        . .'       O  ____      .'  ____      .'
>>        .`---,   .' .'    )   .'  .'    )   .'
>>      .'       .' .'    .'  .'  .(___..'  .'
>> (_.'       (__(____.(__(__(________(__
>>                    .'
>>            ,     .'
>>          (____.'
>> 
>> 
>> lgbeard
>
>Thats odd.
>My copy in JavE produces this :
>
>
>             .'``.                .'          .'
>           .'   ._)             .'        --.'--
>       . .'       O  ____     .' ____     .'
>       .`---,   .' .'    )  .' .'    )  .'
>     .'       .' .'    .' .' .(___..' .'
>(_.'        (__(____.(__(__(________(__
>                   .'
>           ,     .'
>          (____.'
>

Tried again same results
>
>When you say theres a string error at about 58 or 59 ..
>.. what do you mean ?
>
>The linenumber ?
>The characternumber ? (in which case it would be helpful
>if you could tell me the character)
from the first line at 10

de.jave.text.FastStringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 44

second at 1

de.jave.text.FastStringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 71
>
>I too like that my version is smoother .. thats why i did it.
>Sometimes a style of drawing is a personal opinion

I think a style of drawing is a personal expression. To include diffculties
or moods for a given time for that indivaul. you should see minor changes
in most of anyone work. Some are major.
>  .. some may like it one way and some another.
>But here I felt the original style to be very rough and unnatural.
>
>I could also have choosen to make
>
>     ,'                            .'
>   ,'   lines , instead of my    .'  lines, but I tend to prefer
>,'                            .'
>
>the .' lines because even though the ,' lines define the line better,
>the comma char can in some fonts be very heavy or have curves that
>disrupt the line slightly.
>Mostly I like .' lines because I can slant them differently and still
>use the same line style. The ,' lines only go from left to right,
>forcing me to break the symmetry if i make a line go from right to
>left.

:) these do work better .'  This ,' or ." ," would look a little strange.
>
>
>
>Hmm ... I was didling a bit and found that " iy iy il ij" as input
>produces this :
>
>
>                                                       .'
>                                                     .'
>             O               O                  O  .'     O        O
>           .' .'    .      .'    .'    .      .' .'     .'       .'
>         .' .'    .'     .'    .'    .'     .' .'     .'       .'
>        (__(____.(__    (__   (____.(__    (__(__    (__     .(__
>              .'                 .'                        .'
>      .     .'           .     .'                        .'
>     (____.'            (____.'                      (_.'
>
>
>The original version 1 does this too.
>It seems clear to me that the y and j's do not try to cross the
>left boundary of the i when they are joined , but why does this
>not happen the first time ?
>Is it a font error or is it a bug in figlet or perhaps just JavE's
>implementation ?
>
>
>Hmm .. Just got this result of the polish figlet at :
>http://www.ascii.art.pl/figlet.php
>
>                                                      /'
>                                                    /'
>             O                O                O  /'      O   O
>           /' /'    /       /' /'    /       /' /'      /'  /'
>         /' /'    /'      /' /'    /'      /' /'      /'  /'
>        (__(___,/(__     (__(___,/(__     (__(__     (__/(__
>              /'               /'                     /'
>      /     /'         /     /'                     /'
>     (___,/'          (___,/'                   (,/'
>
>
>As mentioned JavE produces this :
>
>
>                                                       /'
>                                                     /'
>             O               O                  O  /'     O        O
>           /' /'    /      /'    /'    /      /' /'     /'       /'
>         /' /'    /'     /'    /'    /'     /' /'     /'       /'
>        (__(___,/(__    (__   (___,/(__    (__(__    (__     /(__
>              /'                 /'                        /'
>      /     /'           /     /'                        /'
>     (___,/'            (___,/'                      (,/'
>
>
>It may very well be a bug in JavE
>
>The online figlet however is still stupid enough to produce :
>
>      O
>    /'    /'    /
>  /'    /'    /'
>(__   (___,/(__
>          /'
>  /     /'
>(___,/'
>
>when given the input "iy"
>It does not understand that when it cannot push the y beyond
>the borders of the screen it errors in the joining of the two
>characters and must therefore move the i to match.
>
>JavE makes the same mistake .. it's internal treatment of
>borders might have something to do with this.

Never notice, li ti same results, 
>
>
>BTW .. which do you like better ? :
>
>
>                   .-.
>             O   .' .'
>           .' -.'--'
>         .'  .'
>        (__.(_____
>         .'
>       .'
>     .'
>
>or
This one
>
>
>
>                   .-.
>             o   .' .'
>           .' -.'--'
>         .'  .'
>        (__.(_____
>         .'
>       .'
>     .'
>
>
>(the size of the dot on the i is what separates the two)
>
>Sincerely
>CeeJay :)

lgbeard

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