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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 15 Mar 2001.
Re: Webpage asciifont

Re: Webpage asciifont

In alt.ascii-art,  <mar...@telia.com.deletethis> wrote:
> Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
> webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?

Any font you select has to be on the remote system for the browser
to use it. Chances are slim that will help much.

> Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?

A <PRE></PRE> block is necessary to make sure that the whitespace does
not get squished. Added benefit is that <PRE></PRE> also uses a fixed
width font (but which one used may vary).

> Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
> using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?

That will work, but you can esacpe the special characters with a
global replace in your editor. The ones you need to worry about
are:

	&	=> 	&amp;
	<	=>	&lt;
	>	=>	&gt;

Do the ampersand first so that you don't break the codes for < and >.

Elijah
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Subject: Re: Webpage asciifont
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