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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 16 Nov 1997.

                            
    
    
Re: testing my ASCII skull
    
                        


                                            

                

            

        


    

        

            

                

                    
Re: testing my ASCII skull

                    

                        From lem...@frednwilma.com
                        · alt.ascii-art
                        · 16 Nov 1997 00:00                                                    · View full thread
                                            

                

            

        


        

            

                

                    

                        
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:52:44 -0500, llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca>
wrote:

>Actually, your skull isn't strictly ascii either because you used a
>proportional font (Times New Roman, I believe). Ascii, by definition,
>uses a non proportional font.

Well, in fact, ascii is just a coding standard for individual characters. It
has nothing to do with font type. Character code 65 (decimal) means the
letter 'A' - nothing more. A letter 'A' is 65 regardless of what font might
be in use.

Anybody who tries to view normal ascii art using a proportional font should
have his/her head examined, but only the alignment will be thrown off, not
the individual characters being displayed. An 'A' will still be an 'A' - it
will just be part of a pic that looks really stupid.

Alan

My real address is alan @ netcom.ca 
(with a 'p' on 'alan' making it 'alanp',
and no spaces). I'm sick of email spam.



                    

                

            

        


        

            

                

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From: lem...@frednwilma.com
Subject: Re: testing my ASCII skull
Date: 1997/11/16
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