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.....\_/\_/... elcome to rec.arts.ascii. This group was created to serve
the community of ASCII art fans and artists. This is one of our ASCII
art news groups.
There are other ASCII art groups:
- news:alt.ascii-art
- news:alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
- news:alt.ascii-art.animation
- news:alt.sigs
There is also an ASCII art mailing list:
ASCII Art listserv list
-> Email: lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
mailto:lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
Message: subscribe asciiart
For FTP, Gopher, WWW sites, Email Servers, etc., see below.
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.
o Software (applications, scripts, emacs code, etc).
To make it easier for everybody, please put one of the following 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.
Animation - Animation. Usually uuencoded.
Color - ANSI Color image. Usually uuencoded.
3D - Three dimensional art.
Big - Wider than 80 columns and-or longer than 24 lines.
Font - Alphabets and Figlet fonts.
Software - Applications, scripts, emacs code, etc.
Repost - Repost of a previously posted pic, not new art.
Request - Request for a picture, Figletized name, sig, etc.
Talk - General discussion, no pics included.
Question - A question concerning any of the ASCII art topics.
Answer - An answer to a question asked by a poster.
Info - Web URLs, email address, Gopher and FTP sites, font lists, etc.
Announce - Announcements of events, new sites, web pagse, etc.
FAQ - Used for the weekly posting of Frequently Asked Questions.
If you are following up a post, please change the 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
sorted selector. 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 What is the best way to view ASCII art?
6 How can I learn to make ASCII art?
7 Are there any ASCII tools?
8 Where can I get ASCII tools?
9 Where can I find ASCII art?
10 How do I use FTP, Gopher, World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers?
11 Can I get The Scarecrow's files via email?
12 Is it OK to copy ASCII art?
13 How do I make those big letters?
14 Where can I get Figlet?
15 How can I make Gray Scale pictures?
16 Where can I get Gray Scale converters?
17 How can I make better Gray Scale conversions?
18 What do those filename extensions mean?
19 What is 'uuencoding'?
20 How do I save, 'uudecode' and uncompress a file?
21 How do I view animations and color images?
22 How do I put an animation in my plan?
23 How do I make a sig?
24 How do I have my sig automatically added to my posts and email?
25 What should I know about posting ASCII Art?
26 Where is this FAQ available?
27 Who made this FAQ?
Tha ASCII ART FAQ is available from:
o Newsgroups:
- news:rec.arts.ascii
- news:alt.ascii-art
- news:alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
- news:alt.ascii-art.animation
- news:comp.graphics
- news:news.answers
- news:alt.answers
- news:rec.answers
- news:comp.answers
o FTP sites:
Scarecrow's FTP Site
-> Host: ftp.wwa.com
Address: 198.49.174.1
Path: pub/Scarecrow
File: FAQ
URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ
WWW Anchor: <a href=ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ> ASCII FAQ </a>
-> 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: ftp.mty.itesm.mx
Path: pub/usenet/news.answers
File: ascii-art-faq
-> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
-> Host: ftp.sunet.se
Path: pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii
File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
-> Host: ftp.cs.ruu.nl
Path: pub/NEWS.ANSWERS
File: ascii-art-faq
o Gopher Servers:
-> Hast: gopher.wwa.com
Menu Items: 3, 3
-> Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
Menu Items: 10, 12, 1
-> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
Menu Items: 37, 30, 647, 3
-> Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de
Menu Items: 12, 8, 4, 647, 3
-> Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
Menu Items: 3, 3, 858
-> Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net
Menu Items: 7, 1, 20, 14, 62
-> Host: gopher.win.tue.nl, port 70
Menu Items: 8, 6, 3, 4, 20, 53
o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony InterNet sites:
finger asc...@wwa.com (turn on text capture first)
OR
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')
o World Wide Web:
Scarecrow's WWW Link Info page
-> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/info.html
Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)
Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with examples)
Select: ASCII ART FAQ (posted text version)
o Email:
-> Address: bob...@wwa.com
mailto:bob...@wwa.com
Subject Line: REQUEST FAQ (posted text version)
Subject Line: REQUEST RESOURCES (text version with many examples)
If you are interested in getting files of ASCII art, there are
plenty. There are files of art from one piece to hundreds of pieces.
You can use FTP, Gopher, WWW, or request them via email. To learn how to
use these services, see one of the versions of the FAQ.
o FTP sites;
Scarecrow's FTP Site
-> Host: ftp.wwa.com
Address: 198.49.174.1
Path: pub/Scarecrow
URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow
WWW Anchor: <a href=ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow> ASCII ART FTP </a>
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 (and the color animation "Vortex")
Animations Animations
Software Applications, scripts, emacs code, etc.
Misc Chevalier's Picture Stories, cows, Star Trek, etc.
Info 'How-To' and techniques files from Row, Normand, etc
ANSI Escape Sequences, FAQs, etc
-> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu
Path: pub/ascii/art/pictures
Chris' FTP Site
-> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu
Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive
Jorn's FTP site
-> Host: ftp.mcs.com
Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art
Has Scarecrow's files, plus other ASCII art files, and the
technically oriented "asciitech".
-> Host: ftp.cs.ttu.edu
Path: pub/asciiart/sullivan
Has Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics collections.
-> Host: ftp.netcom.com
Path: pub/vzvz/asciiart
-> Host: nic.funet.fi
Path: pub/pics/ascii
pub/doc/humour/asciigfx
Animations:
-> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk
Address: 128.240.2.1
Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation
Contains dozens of animations
-> Host: procyon.cis.ksu.edu
Path: pub/vtmovies
-> Host: sunsite.unc.edu
Path: pub/multimedia/animation/vt100-animation
-> Host: irisa.irisa.fr
Path: pub/vt100
Color graphics:
-> Host: ftp.uwp.edu
Path: pub/msdos/demos/ansi
o Gopher Servers:
ASCII Art Bazaar
-> Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu
Menu Items: 11, 1
Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in categories.
Scarecrow's ASCII Art Gopher
-> Host: gopher.wwa.com
Menu Items: 3
URL: gopher://gopher.wwa.com/11/ascii
Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, Figlet,
gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more. Everything
the FTP site has is available from the Gopher, with friendlier
menus.
-> Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu
Menu Items: 7, 1
o World Wide Web:
Scarecrow's WWW Link
-> URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html
Has links to Chris' site, the Bazaar, and the Figlet server,
Glenn's Figlet home page, and most ASCII art sites.
o Mailing List:
ASCII Art listserv list
-> Email: lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
mailto:lis...@ukcc.uky.edu
Message: subscribe asciiart
o FTP Mail Servers:
-> Address: ftp...@decwrl.dec.com
Message: help
-> Address: ftp...@sunsite.unc.edu
Message: help
-> Address: bit...@pucc.bitnet
Message: help
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
PAUL FAWCETT MEINDERT DE JONG JORN BARGER HOWARD ZIVOTOFSKY
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
PAUL FOERSTER MICHAEL ROTHSTEIN GLENN CHAPPELL MATT E THURSTON FELIX LEE
Special thanks to Gregory Gulik and David Vrona of WorldWide Access for
providing many resources for rec.arts.ascii, the ASCII ART FTP, Gopher, and
WWW sites.
WorldWide Access is an InterNet services provider. They offer individual
and commercial services, such as their popular commercial Web service. Call
WWA at 1 708 367 1870, send email to or finger inf...@wwa.com for further
information. Or access the WWA Web page at: http://www.wwa.com/
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 reflects the contents
of the post. I redirect posters of off-topic articles and flame-bait. I
don't use moderator's notes, or touch the contents of the post in any way.
Our backup moderator is Steve Sullivan.
Thank you for subscribing to rec.arts.ascii, we hope you enjoy it!
Send any questions, comments, suggestions, etc., to: bob...@wwa.com
(mailto:bob...@wwa.com)
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