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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 15 Feb 1995.
Talk: For best results viewing ASCII art

Talk: For best results viewing ASCII art

In article <3hl2hk$5i...@gagme.wwa.com> bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes:
>The Three Stooges told me that Jim Aites <ait...@lvld.hp.com> wrote:
>>Kick me for being 'slow', but I just discovered that most ascii pictures
>>look MUCH better using a black background.  I normally use black letters on
>>white bg, but that produces an inverse-video effect for many things.
>>(specially the gif>ascii stuff)
>>-Jim-  "hpterm -bg black -fg white"

Using the computer with black letters on a white background is also
extremely bad for your eyes :(

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