Re: character set study
From Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de>
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· 28 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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gem wrote: > This a character count using 31721 characters-worth of > Joan Stark's ascii drawings. I was playing around trying > to write a BMP to "line" ascii program. To find the best > characters to use I wrote a quick program to count the > characters and their frequency. Funny idea. I wonder if that analysis could be a 'fingerprint' of the artist. Maybe not to distinguish between hjw and jgs, but you'd surely notice an increase of the > and < while scanning llizard's art. Not to talk about other styles (like by Normand Veilleux etc). 'The scientist looked up from his statistics and said : Well either this is a really good fake or it is a genuine jgs.' :)) > Note: I did remove the "jgs" from the drawings. Ts, ts, ts, and who is going to put them back now? > Total characters counted = 31721 > > Character Occurances Percent of total > ========= ========== ================ > space 20055 63.223 Hehe, just air. Not really what we'd call 'solid style'. > _ 1662 5.239 > | 1327 4.183 > - 1237 3.899 > . 1140 3.593 > ' 971 3.061 > \ 835 2.632 > / 827 2.607 > ` 543 1.711 Well, these are obvious. Seems like Joan doesn't like the comma that much. > = 500 1.576 > ; 464 1.462 > " 397 1.251 > , 259 .816 > ( 249 .784 > ) 220 .693 The slashes and paranthesis here show a significant symmetry of the pictures, or is that symmetry of reality? > : 203 .639 > 8 114 .359 > { 103 .324 > ~ 100 .315 > } 83 .261 > ^ 71 .223 > o 55 .173 > * 50 .157 > # 37 .116 > < 34 .107 > > 33 .104 Symmetry again! > + 23 .072 > I 17 .053 > @ 15 .047 > & 10 .031 > a 10 .031 > O 8 .025 > % 7 .022 > 0 7 .022 > L 7 .022 > C 6 .018 > [ 6 .018 > ] 5 .015 > 6 4 .012 > 9 4 .012 ... and again. Funny indeed! > e 4 .012 > Y 3 .009 > ! 2 .006 > V 2 .006 > X 2 .006 > c 2 .006 > g 2 .006 > j 2 .006 > s 2 .006 > D 1 .003 > q 1 .003 Hm, 51 (?) different characters. Only! > $ 0 0 > 1 0 0 > 2 0 0 > 3 0 0 > 4 0 0 > 5 0 0 > 7 0 0 > ? 0 0 > A 0 0 > B 0 0 > E 0 0 > F 0 0 > G 0 0 > H 0 0 > J 0 0 > K 0 0 > M 0 0 > N 0 0 > P 0 0 > Q 0 0 > R 0 0 > S 0 0 > T 0 0 > U 0 0 > W 0 0 > Z 0 0 > b 0 0 > d 0 0 > f 0 0 > h 0 0 > i 0 0 > k 0 0 > l 0 0 > m 0 0 > n 0 0 > p 0 0 > r 0 0 > t 0 0 > u 0 0 > v 0 0 > w 0 0 > x 0 0 > y 0 0 > z 0 0 And a lot of discriminated characters here. Hear them crying? :) Andreas abcdef... . -._ O / ` ' / \ ()) __ _..--.. .-'`-. .-d-b-. --' `_.-' ``.._. ` .' `. _a:f. .-' ' ,-' ASCII Art Dictionary : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
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