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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Jun 1998.
Re: blah4

Re: blah4

#:7)-|-< Geech wrote:
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> Hmmmm..... do you like the minor rediddle? Idon't know, has a billboard been over used??

Geechstein,

There is nothing wrong with using a billboard as such, it comes all down 
_how_ you do the pic. Since you have repeatedly asked for feedback without me
seeing any sofar, here is some feedback from me.

The name "Geech" on the billboard could be made more legible. Use at least 
two or three spacings between the letters, broadening the billboard as 
necessary. The horizontal in the "G" should probably be at midlevel in 
this 5 line font. The "H" looks like an "N". The other letters as they are 
now are really subject to the stilistic preferences of the individual, 
listen to your own inner little voices in these cases.

The "swilli.slkc.uswest.net" in the bottom panel of the billboard is 
incorrect. Put your exact email address in there.

The "Give us ..." saying as it is positioned right now, is a disjointed 
add-on and needs better integration into the overall pic. One way of doing 
it is to place the entire saying on ground level to indicate the ground 
level as such. This also allows for an easy way for changing the saying 
every now and then without changing the basic layout of the pic, only the 
ground level becomes wider or shorter with the length of the saying. Add 
grass blades here and there (or add something else) to fluff things up. Text
has a petrifying effect in ascii pics, i.e. in this case a pure line of text
and nothing else will look like barren ground.

The above feedback assumes that the prime objective of the pic/sig is to 
convey contact information and the secondary objective is to have some 
embellishments. Some pics/sigs have their priorities/objectives just the 
other way around. I am not saying good or bad, I am just saying where the 
suggestions made in the above will lead you to. Liking extreme simplicity 
myself, I would like it.

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From: Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: blah4
Date: 1998/06/10
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