Re: Ascii-Art Secrets #4

"CJRandall" <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vB7...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk...
> Ascii-Art Sectrets #4
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> this is the Ascii-Art FAQ version 3 (draft)
> an unfinished work by Matthew Thomas
> it is the most recent(?) publication
> as swiped from this here ng/msg.bd
> with Ool/VK's header pic
> also featuring krogg's politeness levels
>
> i accept no liability or responsibility
> for it whatsoever
> it is provided such that it may be helpful
> in its current entirety and without checks
> or validation of any links referenced
>
> i have tagged a few other notes on the end
> re: obascii ?
> re: outlook ?
>
> if you have amendments, comments or suggestions
> ... then you do so ... entirely at your own risk
>
>
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>     | |     : :                  ::        \   \              ;;
>     J J     : :                  ::         \   \            ;;
>      L L    : :         __   _   _________   \   \          ;;
>      | |    : :        /  |`| |`|___   ___|`-.\   \        ;;
>      J J    : :       / . | | |  `-.| |`-. `-.`\   \      ;;
>       L L   : :      / /| | | |     | |   `-. `-\   \    ;;
>       | |   : :     / /_| | | |     | |      `-. \   \. ;;
>       J J   : :    / ___  | | |     | |         `-\   \`-.
>        L L  : :   / /`-.| | | |___  | |  _         \   \-.`-._
>        | |  : :  /_/____|_|_|_____|_|_|_(_) _       \   \ `-._`:
>        J J  : : |__________________________| `-.     \   \-.,-'
>         L L : :      _  _            _  ___ `-. `-.   \   \ |
>         | | :_:   /\(_ / ` | | _ /\ | )  | `-. `-. `-. \   \|
>         J J | |  /--\_)\_,_|_|_-/--\|_\__|__  `-. `-._`-\   \
>          L L|_| |___________________________|`-. `-._ `-.\   \
>          | |   |    _____   ___      ___     `-.`-._ `-._ \ ,!`-.
>          J J   |   |  ___|`/ _ \`-._/ _ \`--.   `-._`--._`-'||`-'
>           L L  |   | |_   / /_\ \  / / \ \   `-._   `--. `-,+.`-._
>        __-------_  |  _|`/ _____ \ \ \_/ /_._    `--._  `-.|X||-./
>       |          |/|_|_./_/_____\_\_\_____/=\`-._     `-.  |X||.|
>       |       _,--------------.____ -========\_(A)`-.._  `-|X||\
>   Ool |     _|                     `         |_`--.    `-- |X||/
>   /VK |    | | ALT.ASCII-ART: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS   / ||-.
>
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> [Subject:] (FAQ) Welcome to ASCII art
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>
> Answers to frequently asked questions about ASCII art
> Author: Matthew `mpt' Thomas (spiff @ 3dmail . com)
> Version: 3.0.-3
> Last changed: 1999-05-15
>
> NOTE: alt.ascii-art and alt.ascii-art.animation are Usenet discussion
> groups. If you are new to Usenet, please read the messages in
> news:news.announce.newusers before posting.
>
> This FAQ is regularly posted to news:alt.ascii-art and
> news:alt.ascii-art.animation. On the Web, the FAQ and other useful
> documents can be found in the ASCII art Documentation Archive (ADA), at
> the following locations:
> *   http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/ada/ (UK)
> *   http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (UK)
> *   http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA)
> [??? any more locations? I think I've missed a couple]
>
> Contents
> --------
>  1. What's going on here?
>  2. What is ASCII art?
>  3. What's ASCII, then?
>  4. What *isn't* ASCII art?
>  5. All the pictures look strange -- what's wrong?
>  6. How do I draw my own ASCII art?
>  7. What should I know before posting pictures?
>  8. I like that ASCII picture -- can I copy it for myself?
>  9. I want a picture of something -- how do I ask for one?
> 10. Can someone do me some cool lettering?
> 11. How do I convert a picture to ASCII art?
> 12. Where do I find more ASCII art pictures and information?
>
> 1.  What's going on here?
> --------------------------
>     You're probably reading this because it's been posted to
>     news:alt.ascii-art or news:alt.ascii-art.animation.  If you're not,
>     jump in and take a look. In these Usenet groups people discuss
>     ASCII art, request ASCII art, post ASCII art, post improved versions
>     or variations of other people's ASCII art, and generally have fun.
>

<snip>

>     *   Is it under 72 characters wide? Most news readers can only show
>         lines which are under either 72, 76, or 80 characters wide, so
>         if your picture is wider than 72 characters it may get wrapped
>         [see Question 4). Also remove any unnecessary space characters
>         from the end of each line of the picture, to prevent lines from
>         being too long (and getting wrapped) without your realizing.

There are a few pieces that do get posted that are wider than 76. A
warning could be added ( wide 110 ) for a notice. For the family
filters when a nude ( nude or nudity ) piece of art is displayed.

A note for sending explianing how not to get wrapped in More Outlook

1 Tools menu
2 Options
3 Send
4 Both of these Mail an News format
5 Plian text settings         ____
6 Automatically wrap text at |____|

> THE END
>
> This document may be freely copied as long as Matthew Thomas is
> identified as the original author.
>
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--lgbeard

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