Re: new to group/hi all

In article <1e8...@behnsen.de>, fra...@behnsen.de
(frank behnsen) wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> 
> been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
> a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...
> 
> i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
> if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.

[snip of eye drawn with nonstandard characters]
 
> this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
> from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
> text edits added here and there.
> 
> doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
> conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
> manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.
> 
> hope ya like it,
> frank

Frank, it's a nice eye. But the odd looking S is a non standard
character. Some systems won't see that character. Some systems will
replace it with two or three characters thus distorting your drawing
beyond recognition.

Here is your eye again with the nonstandard character replaced by an S.

         ............____==========_____..........
    ...../dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\.............
    .. dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\\ .        
      dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\
       qSSSSP///////////:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.....
   ....//////////////////////////////::::::::::::::::......
   ...//////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\:::::::....
    ..///dSSS//////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb////////qSSSSSb\::: 
    ///////////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSP""qSSSSSSSb/////////::::::
       /////dSSSSP   ***SSSSSSSS       S :qSSSSb//////:...
     /////dSSSP     ****SSSSSSSSSb           :qSSSb////:....    
     ///.dSS S      ****SSSSSSSSSSSS****        :qSSSb/:.. ..
     ///dSSb Sb     *****SSSSSSSSSSS****          SSSSb..   ..
     .////qSb Sb     *****SSSSSSSSS****          dSS//SSb    .
      .////qSb .      ****************         dSSS///.
      ..//////////       ***********         dSS//:::.....
       ..:////////SSSb                 dSSS//:::::. .///.
        qSb////////qSSSb///////////dSSSSS.:::.....////// 
         qSSb///////.//////////////............///////.  
           qSSb////......................../////////
             qSSSb////   ......    ... //////////
                 ///////            ////frank


There was a long a rather painful discussion about this a few months
back. Here for your perusal is the ASCII character chart:

Note that there are no characters that look like � � � � � � � � or any
letters with accents. 

 ======================================
 }       ASCII Character Chart        {
 ======================================
 }|                                  |{
 }| This chart should be symmetrical.|{
 }| If it isn't, change your font    |{
 }| til the e's and the m's line up. |{
 }|                                  |{
 }| eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |{
 }| mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |{
 }|                                  |{
 }|  SP   !   "   #   $   %   &   '  |{
 }|   (   )   *   +   ,   -   .   /  |{
 }|   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7  |{
 }|   8   9   :   ;   <   =   >   ?  |{
 }|   @   A   B   C   D   E   F   G  |{
 }|   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O  |{
 }|   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W  |{
 }|   X   Y   Z   [   \   ]   ^   _  |{
 }|   `   a   b   c   d   e   f   g  |{
 }|   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o  |{
 }|   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w  |{
 }|   x   y   z   {   |   }   ~      |{
 }|                                  |{
 }|      SP stands for Space bar     |{
 }|                                  |{
 }| Please use only the characters   |{
 }| that are on this chart if you    |{
 }| are going to post your creations |{
 }| in the newsgroup alt.ascii-art!  |{
 }|                                  |{
 ======================================

Naturally, you are all children of the universe and will want to use
characters that are not on that chart; you should feel free to type out
keyboard art using many different fonts and characters. Exchange your
creations with your e-friends via e-mail or put them on your webpage but
PLEASE do not post any nonstandard keyboard art in the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art because not only will you cause and/or receive a lot of
grief, the nonstandard characters you have chosen will not look the same
to other people as they do to you.


Welcome to the group. I look forward to seeing more of your drawings.



NOTE: I never pick up my mail from the yahoo address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
-- 
^^^7^^^^7^%===
llizard aka ejm
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ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions
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