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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 12 May 1994.
Re: TALK : isometric cube...how?

Re: TALK : isometric cube...how?

Adam P Baxter:
>                              _  _/_
>           _.-'-._      (  / ( ` /  (  /        Mail:YSTV
>        .-'       '-.    \/ ,_) (_,  \/              Goodricke College,
>       :.`-._   _.-'.:  _/   York Student            University of York,
>       | `-._`-'_.-' |        Television             Heslington,
>       |     | |     |                               York
>       |     | |     |   Email:-                     YO1 5DD
>        `-._ | | _.-'       yst...@unix.york.ac.uk
>            `' `'
>        ^its a exploded, isometric
>        projection of a cube (honest)..and its our logo!

Well, the usual way of doing isometrics in ascii is on a slant:
        _________
        \        \
    /\   \        \
   /  \   \        \
  /    \   \________\
 /      \
 \      /   _________
  \    /   /        /
   \  /   /        /
    \/   /        /
        /________/

but this is no good for your logo.  I think what you came up with is
about the best you can do with thin lines.

You might consider trying a solid technique, like this:
          ,
       ,a888a,
     a888888888a
      `Y88888P'
    8a,  `8'  ,a8
    8888a, ,a8888
    888888 888888
    888888 888888
     `Y888 888P'
        `Y P'

Hmm.  The angles are a little off, but you get the idea.  If your logo
is supposed to be made of lines, not solids, then you can try using
negative space:

88888888888888888888888
8888888888P'Y8888888888
8888888P',a8a,`Y8888888
8888P',a8888888a,`Y8888
8888 8888888888888 8888
8888a,`Y8888888P',a8888
888 `Y8a,`Y8P',a8P' 888
888 8a,`Y8a,a8P',a8 888
888 8888a,`8',a8888 888
888 888888 8 888888 888
888 888888 8 888888 888
888a,`Y888 8 888P',a888
888888a,`Y 8 P',a888888
888888888a,8,a888888888
88888888888888888888888

though this may not work well if you make it much smaller than this.

(The pun quiz for today.  Fill in the blank:
   The usual way of doing isometrics in ascii is with ___________ .
And draw your answer.)
--

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From: fle...@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: TALK : isometric cube...how?
Date: 12 May 1994 21:42:31 GMT
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