Re: About rendering ascii code...

> is AOL available for the Mac?
yes. at least the disks i used to get said 'if you need mac format call...'

> If so, does it use the
> Arial font, or something else (such as Geneva) which is more common on
> Mac systems? If so, character art sent from a Windoze AOL user to a 
> Mac AOL user (or vice versa) will be distorted. And what about the
> people with newer versions of AOL who can (I think) change the font to
> read their messages in ...?
doesn't matter if it's a different font or not. all 'arial font' are not 
created equal. --ever made a nice column of data/text by indenting 
everything, say, 5 spaces in? you print it out and the col. are all jagged?
that's because the computer and printer don't agree on the details of 
the font, like for one an A is 1.4 times as wide as a B, but for the 
other it's 1.41 and spacing gets changed. (in many [most?] prop. fonts 
the *spaces* change size even depending on what their next to [actually, 
this) this has improved, but is still *far* from perfect.

i've even had a nicely formatted bit of text and you change the size of 
the same font and it gets all messed up (try it!) (and i don't 
mean line wrap either --stuff that only goes 1/2 way across the page. nor 
any particular platform. [ug! obsidion sharp! oog! break too easy! flint 
*hard*!]).

and of course prop. fonts are a half-way step anyway. something like tex* 
that knows about kerning etc. is (can be anyway) a huge improvement for 
the looks of a document (lessen, a course it's an ascii-art pic!)

*the only such program i know by name that does this, but this shows
clewlessness on my part, not a lack of such programs. i know there are
others.

and just so there's some ascii art here can anybody id the artist on this 
garfield?

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                  #######      #**#!!###
                 #**#!!!!##   #****#!!!!#
                #****###!!!#  #*****#!!!!#
                #*******#!!!# #******#!!!!#
                #*********#!###!*!*!*#!!!!!#        --
                #!*!*!*!*!*!#!##########!!!!#      /_
                ###########!##!!!!!!!!!!#!!!#     //__
             ###!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!####///  \
   \       ##!#!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!#
   _\    ##!!#!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!######!!!!!!!*#
    \\  ##!!#!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!#######     #!!!!!!***#
  ___\\#!!!###################*****       #...!!*****#
 /   \#!!!.#       ***** #     ***        #....*******#
     #*....#        ***   #              #.......*****#
    #**.....##          *****          ##........!!****#
    #!........##       *******#########......#...!!!!!*#
   #!...........#######.*****...............#.#..!!!!**#
  #*.....##.............#..#...............#...#.!!****#
  #*....#.#............#....#............##......!*****#
  #*.......##.......###......###........#.......!!!****#
  #*.........#######......!!....########.......!!!!!***#
   #!!!.................!!!!!!!!.............!!!*******#
    #!!!!............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!******#
     #*******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***!!!!*****#
      #******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!********!!****#
       ##*****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#*************###
         ##****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!###******####
           ####!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!######!#
               #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*#
               #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***##
              #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!******#
             #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*******#
            #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*****#
           #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**#
          #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!##
         #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*##
        #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***#
        #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!####!!!!!!****##
       #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!###****##!!!!******##
       #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!##**!!*****#!!!********#
       #!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!#***!!!!***!!!!**********#
      #!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!#****!!!!!*!!!!!!!!!!*****#
      #!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!#*!!***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***#
      #!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!#!!!!!!#*!!!!!*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*****#
      #!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!#!!!!!#***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!********#
     #!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!#!!!!!#****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**********#
     #!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!#!!!!!#*****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*********#



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