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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 30 Sep 2000.

                            
    
    
Re: How are ASCII art best viewed ?
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: How are ASCII art best viewed ?

                    

                        From Neil Franklin <nei...@franklin.ch.remove>
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 30 Sep 2000 00:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
Anil <ani...@vsnl.com> writes:

> Neil Franklin wrote :
>
> >Anil <ani...@vsnl.com> writes:
> >
> >> One more problem - What about the fonts ? Just about any fixed width
> >> font will do ?
> >
> >Non-serifed fonts tend to work a little better, as they fit bette
> >rinto drawing lines and shapes.
>
> Gotcha. My question was badly framed (sorry) -
> Since I work in (SVGA - 116x34 cell) text-mode I am more bothered
> about the aspect ratio. I mean variations like below.
>
>         o oo  oo          oo ooo  ooo        o oo  oo
>         oo  oo  o         ooo  ooo  ooo      oo  oo  o
>         o   o   o         oo   oo    oo      o   o   o
>         o   o   o         oo   oo    oo      o   o   o
>         o   o   o         oo   oo    oo      o   o   o
>                                              o   o   o

I use an exact 1:2 ratio (8x16 pixels on an 21" with 1536x1152, gives
about 6/72x12/72 inches, so its what typographers call an 12pt font).

But, as far as I get it, most people today have wider fonts and draw
their stuff to fit them.


--
Neil Franklin, nei...@franklin.ch.remove http://neil.franklin.ch/
Nerd, Geek, Hacker, Unix Guru, Sysadmin, Roleplayer, LARPer, Mystic



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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