Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?

In article <386e673e.0@206.103.97.91>, "JRO"
<ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> wrote:
> 
> Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote in message news:386...@earthling.net...
> >
> > People in different countries may be using all
> > sorts of weird equipment. E.g. I see the following characters on my
> > keyboard:  �����������������������������
[snip of chart from Matthew's FAQ]
>     People with a passing or budding interest in ascii art, don't want that.
> They don't need that. 99% of them have standard, ascii keyboards.
[snip]
>     Folks who come around, new (to ascii) are only interested in the absolute
> basic, how-to kind of information.
[snip]
>the reason people make or like ascii art. It's really very simple.
> It's just for fun.

This is an international newsgroup. We North Americans HAVE to remember
that this is an international newsgroup and ASCII-art is a perfect
international language. We also have to remember that everyone has a
different system. Here is what I have on my page (I think it's basic
enough) :

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standard ASCII characters

Here is a chart of standard ASCII characters to be used if you are going
to post your ASCII-art in the newsgroup alt.ascii-art. You can copy and
paste it into your text editor to ensure that you have the right kind of
font.

Examine the chart carefully. Note that there are no characters that look
like � � � � � � � or any letters with accents. In fact, you might think
the characters at your disposal are rather dull. Drawing ASCII-art can
be likened to writing a sonnet or haiku. It is very challenging to
confine yourself to these few characters to create pictures that look
like anything at all. But lots of people have managed it very well. You
can see for yourself by going to a page of links to other ASCII-art
sites.

       ======================================
       }       ASCII Character Chart        {
       ======================================
       }| This chart should be symmetrical.|{
       }|  If it isn't, change your font   |{
       }| til the i's and the m's line up. |{
       }|                                  |{
       }| iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii |{
       }| mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |{
       }|                                  |{
       }|  SP   !   "   #   $   %   &   '  |{
       }|   (   )   *   +   ,   -   .   /  |{
       }|   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7  |{
       }|   8   9   :   ;   <   =   >   ?  |{
       }|   @   A   B   C   D   E   F   G  |{
       }|   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O  |{
       }|   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W  |{
       }|   X   Y   Z   [   \   ]   ^   _  |{
       }|   `   a   b   c   d   e   f   g  |{
       }|   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o  |{
       }|   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w  |{
       }|   x   y   z   {   |   }   ~      |{
       }|                                  |{
       }|      SP stands for Space bar     |{
       }|                                  |{
       }|    No, no, no, you MUSTN'T use   |{
       }|  ones that are not on the chart  |{
       }|   if you are going to post your  |{
       }|        creations in the          |{
       }|     newsgroup alt.ascii-art!     |{
       }|                                  |{
       ======================================

[snip]

Naturally, you should feel free to type out keyboard art using many
different fonts and characters. Exchange your creations with your
e-friends via e-mail or put them on your webpage but PLEASE do not post
any nonstandard keyboard art in the newsgroup alt.ascii-art because you
will just get a lot of grief.

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and on that page is are links to charts that state the numbers for those
characters. There is also a link to Matthew's more extensive FAQ.

The complete page can be viewed at:

http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/asciichart.htm


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