Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?

In article <3871c3d0.0@206.103.97.91>, "JRO"
<ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> wrote:
> 
> llizard <lli...@TAKEOUTTHEGARBAGEyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > Please examine the following chart. Note that there are no characters
> > that look
> > like � � � � � � � ' nor are there any letters with accents.
> >
> >        ======================================
> >        }       ASCII Character Chart        {
> >        ======================================

[snip of chart using only the ASCII characters from #32-#126]

> > PLEASE do not post any nonstandard keyboard art in the newsgroup
> > alt.ascii-art because you will just get a lot of grief.

[snip]

> it might be nicer if
> new folks didn't get the impression they would "get a
> lot of grief" from posting a non-standard character,
> but rather, "because not all people will be able to
> view them".
> 
> Anyway, it is the smallest, neatest chart out there.
> 
> JRO

Thank you. And yes, I agree that the last phrase in my chart should be
altered.

...................................
:
: Naturally, you are all children of the universe and will want to use
: characters that are not on that chart; 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 not only will you get and/or cause a
: lot of grief, but the nonstandard characters you have chosen will not
: look the same to other people as they do to you.
:
:.....................................................

If there are people who will be pushed away by that, they are too thin
skinned.


But I must disagree with you on another point. It isn't the smallest,
neatest chart. Gerfried Fuchs (Alf) has an even neater, smaller chart
that cleverly shows the hex numbers:

...................................................
:
:                 ,---------------------.
:                | ASCII character table |
:                 `---------------------'
:
:      xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   The numbers show you the hex-code of
:  `.  0123456789ABCDEF   the characters (e.g. the letter 'C' has
:    `,----------------.  the code 43).
:  2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|  
:  3x |0123456789:;<=>?|  Only the characters that you can find
:  4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO|  in this box are called ASCII, you
:  5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_|  shouldn't use any other.
:  6x |`abcdefghijklmno|  Also you should see this as a box.
:  7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ |  If you don't then you have to change
:     `----------------'  to a fixed-width font (e.g. COURIER).
:
: Stick to these simple rules and you will have more fun in
:                   news:alt.ascii-art
: 
:...........................................................


Here is a suggested alteration; I hope that Alf doesn't mind that I have
signed his name to his chart that I have altered slightly.


  ASCII Character Table      
                           The numbers show you the hex-code of
                           the characters (e.g. the letter 'C' has
      xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx     the code 43).
  `.  0123456789ABCDEF  
    `,----------------.    Only the characters that you can find
  2x | !"#$%&'()*+,-./|    in this box are called ASCII, you
  3x |0123456789:;<=>?|    shouldn't use any other.
  4x |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO|
  5x |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_|    Also you should see this as a box.
  6x |`abcdefghijklmno|    If you don't then you have to change
  7x |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ |    to a fixed-width font (e.g. COURIER).
     `----------------'
         __                Use only these characters and you will  
    \\__/_                 have more fun in news:alt.ascii-art
   /_\ /  GF




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