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   Hello, and welcome to our ASCII art news group.  This group was created to
serve the community of ASCII art fans and artists.


   You are invited to post your articles on any topic concerning ASCII 
art, including:

   o  All forms of ASCII art, like:
      -  Standard ASCII art (line art, GIF conversions, 3-D pics, etc).
      -  Non-standard ASCII art (animations, color pics, color animations).
   o  Discussion about pieces of art.
   o  Requests for specific pieces of art.
   o  Answering requests.
   o  Community effort at reworking a piece.
   o  Questions and answers covering:
      -  Creating and viewing ASCII art.
      -  Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.
   o  Discussion about artists in the field.


   To make it easier for everybody, please put one of the following Subject
IDs at the beginning of the subject line of your post:

     Line - Standard ASCII line art.  Line pictures and large lettering.
      GIF - Gray scale image.
      Big - Wider than 80 columns (and optionally, longer than 24 lines).
Animation - Animation.  Usually uuencoded.
    Color - Color.  Usually uuencoded.
      3-D - 3-D art.
  Request - Request for a certain picture or type of picture.
   Repost - Repost of a previously posted pic.
     Talk - Discussion, no pics included.
   Binary - Binaries (software like Figlet and Gifscii).  Usually uuencoded.


   If you are following up a post, please change the Subject ID to reflect the
contents of the post.  This way if you are fulfilling a request, change:

   Request: Marilyn Monroe
     TO
   GIF: Marilyn Monroe

   This allows the readers the option of reading the group in a newsreader's
selector, sorted by articles.  They can then read only what is of interest to
them, trusting the IDs to accurately identify the contents.  Some people do
not have the time (or money if they are paying by the hour or byte) to read
everything in every group they like.


   If you have any questions, the FAQ will be posted shortly.  It is posted
here every Monday.  Here are the questions answered in the FAQ:

    1   What is ASCII art?
    2   Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF?
    3   What is ASCII art used for?
    4   What are the different kinds of ASCII art?
    5   Where can I get Color Graphics and Animations?
    6   What do those filename extensions mean?
    7   What is the best way to view ASCII art?
    8   How do I save, 'uudecode' and view animations and color images?
    9   How can I learn to make ASCII art?
   10   Are there any ASCII tools?
   11   Where can I get ASCII tools?
   12   Where can I find ASCII art?
   13   How do I FTP and Gopher?
   14   Can I get The Scarecrow's files via email?
   15   How do I make those big letters?
   16   Where can I get Figlet?
   17   How can I make gray scale pictures?
   18   Where can I get gray scale converters?
   19   How can I make better gray scale conversions?
   20   What is 'anti-aliasing'?
   21   How do I make a sig?
   22   How do I have my sig automatically added to my posts and email?
   23   How do I put an animation in my plan?
   24   What should I know about posting ASCII Art?
   25   Who made this FAQ?


   Tha ASCII ART FAQ is available from:

   o  News groups:

        rec.arts.ascii

        alt.ascii-art

        alt.binaries.pictures.ascii

        news.answers

        alt.answers

        rec.answers


   o  FTP from:

        Host: ftp.uu.net
        Path: usenet/news.answers
        File: ascii-art-faq.Z

        Host: rtfm.mit.edu
        Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii
        File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)

        Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
        Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
        File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)


   o  Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony InterNet sites:

        finger asc...@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time)
                                     OR
        finger asc...@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq')


   If you are interested in getting files of ASCII art, there are 
plenty.  There are file of art from one piece to hundreds of pieces.  You 
can FTP, gopher, or request them via email.  See the FAQ for more 
information.

   The Scarecrow's FTP site (ftp.wwa.com) has the following in the
pub/Scarecrow folder:

           Folder  Files

        Scarecrow  All the Scarecrow's files
   SmallASCIIPics  Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics
          Gifscii  Gifscii for many systems
           Figlet  Figlet, utilities (and all the fonts I know of)
            Color  Color Graphics (the color animation "Vortex")
       Animations  Animations
             Misc  Chevalier's Picture Stories
             Info  'How-To' and techniques files from Row, Normand, etc
                   ANSI Escape Sequences, Emacs Code, etc
                   FAQs, etc


   The creation of this group was the result of the work, advice, criticism,
voting, and good wishes of many people, including:

       GREGORY GULIK  NORMAND VEILLEUX  ROWAN CRAWFORD  MATT MESSINA
      STEVEN M SULLIVAN  RON DIPPOLD  DORIS JOHNSTON  DAVID C LAWRENCE
      CHRISTOPHER KING  PHIL BIRD  CYBERFOX  DAVID VRONA  MIKE JITTLOV
PATRICK A. TOWNSON  JUDY ANDERSON  IAN CHAI  CYBERSPACE BUDDHA  DAVE CORNEJO
BILL PFEIFFER  PAUL FAWCETT  MEINDERT DE JONG  JORN BARGER  HOWARD ZIVOTOFSKY
PAUL FOERSTER  MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN  GLENN CHAPPELL  MATT E. THURSTON  FELIX LEE

   And especially Gregory Gulik and David Vrona from WorldWide Access, for
providing a home for rec.arts.ascii and the Scarecrow's FTP site.


   This group is mainstream (with pictures everyone can enjoy), and
specialized (it is also about artists and how they work), and technical
at times (aspect ratios, fonts, using software to make and view ASCII art).

   As for moderation of this group, it is very loose.  I don't do much but
check that posts are on-topic, and that the Subject ID relfects the contents
of the post.  I redirect posters of off-topic articles, and end flame wars by
redirecting the flamers.  And I don't use moderator's notes.

   Thank you for subscribing to rec.arts.ascii, I hope you enjoy it!

   Send any questions, comments, suggestions, etc., to me at the following
address:

--
bob...@wwa.com

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