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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