Re: [SUGGESTION] Amendment to a.a-a FAQ re: HTML

.----- On 26 Apr 1998 14:50:47 GMT, Ilmari Karonen posted:
|
| Q: How can I put ascii art on a WWW page?
|
| A: To embed ascii art in HTML, first replace all occurrences of "&" in the
|    picture with "&amp;" and of "<" with "&lt;". Then put the HTML tag
|    <PRE> before the picture and </PRE> after it.
|
| Original:
|      ____     _____
|     /  \  _.-'_.-'
|     \  _\/   _/
|   ___)/   __<
|  <'-;:\_  _\
|      '; \_\
|       >/-,\
|     ""`  |_\ snd
| HTML version:
|<PRE>
|      ____     _____
|     /  \  _.-'_.-'
|     \  _\/   _/
|   ___)/   __&lt;
|  &lt;'-;:\_  _\
|      '; \_\
|       >/-,\
|     ""`  |_\ snd
|</PRE>
|
| Q: How can I change the font in which ascii art is shown on my WWW page?
|
| A: There are several ways. The recommended, though not yet very widely
|    supported, way is to use Style Sheets. Just add the following in the
|    HEAD section of your page:
|
|<STYLE type="text/css"><!--
|  PRE { font-family: "Best font", "2nd best font", "etc.", monospaced; }
|--></STYLE>
|
|    You can list as many fonts as you like, just keep "monospaced" as the
|    last one. Note: Strictly speaking specifying a font is not pure ascii
|    art. However this _is_ a FAQ, and as long as you don't use proportional
|    fonts the picture will still be viewable as pure ascii. Remember NOT to
|    post HTML in the newsgroup.
|
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I like it Ilmari!

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