Re: So, You Want To Make Text Art?
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 14:55:33 -0600, "JRO" <ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> wrote: > Which has always made me wonder...Microsoft declared "The Death Of Ascii", and >"An End To Ascii Art Signatures", a couple of years ago, followed by the release of >OutlookExpress 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :::::+::::... . . . . . . ..::.:::+++++:::+++++:+::. . . .:. ..:+:..+|||+..::|+|+||++|:. . . . . :::....:::::::::++||||O||O#OO|OOO|+|:. . . . . .:..:..::+||OO#|#|OOO+|O||####OO###O+:+|+ . .:...:+||O####O##||+|OO|||O#####O#O||OO|++||: . . . ..::||+++|+++++|+::|+++++O#O|OO|||+++..:OOOOO|+ . . . . +++||++:.:++:..+#|. ::::++|+++||++O##O+:.++|||#O+ . . . ++++++++...:+:+:.:+: ::..+|OO++O|########|++++||##+ . . . :::+++|O+||+::++++:::+:::+++::+|+O###########OO|:+OO . . . +:+++|OO+|||O:+:::::.. .||O#OOO||O||#@###@######:+|O| . . ::+:++|+|O+|||++|++|:::+O#######O######O@############O . ++++: .+OO###O++++++|OO++|O#@@@####@##################+ . . ::::::::::::::::::::++|O+..+#|O@@@@#@###O|O#O##@#OO#### . . . :. .:.:. .:.:.: +.:::::::: . +#:#@:#@@@#O||O#O@:###:#| . . `. .:.:.:.:. . :.:.:%::%%%:::::%::::%::: . . `.:.:.:.: :.:.:.:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A terrible ASCII war burns throughout the . . . Internet: a rag-tag group of ASCII fighters . . . . has risen from beneath the dark shadow of the . . . evil monster the Microsoft Corp. has become. . . MS Outlook forces have instituted a reign of . . terror, and every weapon in its arsenal has been . turned upon the Rebels and their allies: tyranny, . . . oppression, variable fonts, overwhelming armies of lusers . . . . and fear. Fear keeps the individual lusers in line, and is . the prime motivator of the Billy Boy's New Order. . . Outnumbered and outgunned, the ASCII artists burn across the . . . vast reaches of Internet and a thousand-thousand newsgroups, with . . only their US or other keyboard - and the mystical power known as the ASCII character set - flaming a fire of hope. This is a galaxy of wondrous aliens, bizarre Trolls, strange . . chars, powerful flamers, great heroes, and terrible villains. It is a galaxy of fantastic creations, magical pictures, vast ramps, awesome machi- . nery, terrible conflict, and unending hope. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . T h i s i s t h e g a l a x y o f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ____ _________________ _________ _________ . . / \ / || | | / \ / _____ ____||__ __|__ __| . / /\ \ \ \ | | | | | | / ./__\ \ \ \ | | | | | | . . / \ ________> | | |____ __| |__ __| |__ / ______ \| / | || | | /____/ \____|___________/ \________||_________|_________| . ____ __ . _____ ____ . __________ . _________ \ \ / \ / / / \ | \ / | . \ \/ \/ / / \ | ___ | / ______| . \ / / /\ \ . | |___> | \ \ . \ / / /__\ \ | _/. \ \ + \ /\ / / \ | |\ \______> | . \ / \ / / ______ \ | | \ / . . . \/ \/ /____/ \____\ |___| \____________/ LS . . . . . . . . . .
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