Re: Sig

Nathan E. Banks wrote:
> A friend of mine in alt.fan.tolkien recomended that I ask you guys for
> some help. Ive got a large sig (15 lines or so), and they want me to
> scale it down. I want to keep it with a kind of mysterious/fantasy
> theme. I also want to keep the text. Have you got any sugestions?
> 

I think that is mathematically impossible if you want to keep within the
recommendations of good netiquette (which says no more than four lines
high and 80 columns wide - except in the newsgroup alt.ascii-art, where
big sigs can be on-topic if they contain ascii art).

> --
> Eruoannon, which is Mormegil, the Black Sword, Wielder of Aoldring the foe-hammer
> (mate of Engrist the newsgroup cleaver)
> 
> Also entitled Sir Paganini, Lord of those lands to the east of the River Roaring,
> So named by gracious favor of Her Royal Majesty, Rabbyt the Elf Queen.
> 
>        //   et Eruoannonello, n�l�.
>        )\ ____________________________
> CXXXXXX{*}____________________________>
>        )/
>        \\   i ohta baras� quettaron
> 
> "Madness is a clarity I would never surrender."
>             -- HRM Rabbyt, the Elf Queen

I can divide this into two sigs of a suitable size:

-- 
Eruoannon, which is Mormegil, the Black Sword, Wielder of Aoldring the
foe-hammer (mate of Engrist the newsgroup cleaver). Also entitled Sir
Paganini, Lord of those lands to the east of the River Roaring, So
named by gracious favor of Her Royal Majesty, Rabbyt the Elf Queen.


and:

-- 
       //   et Eruoannonello, n�l�.     "Madness is a clarity I
       )\ ____________________________   would never surrender."
CXXXXXX{*}____________________________>  
       )/                                  -- HRM Rabbyt,
       \\   i ohta baras� quettaron                the Elf Queen 


I'd go for the second one and drop that looooong description of
yourself... It *is* five lines high, but still less "compact" than the
first one (easier on the eye of the reader).

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