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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 12 Aug 1994.
Talk: Light and Dark Effects

Talk: Light and Dark Effects

In article <32f15d$7a...@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> wrote:
>Raymond Lai <c91...@peach.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:
>>::-:--: :--=-= -=-====# =#=##=#= ###### ##=##= #=#==-#= -=-==--- =-:  --:  :-:
>>:-:     :--    =-=  =-= -==  =## ###    ##=    =#=  =-= ==-  =-- -=-  -:-  -::
>>:-::--  -:-    -=-==-== =#==##=  #####  ##=    #===#=-  -=-  -=- =-=  -:-  ::-
>> ::-:-- -:-    --==--== ==###=   #####  ##=    =#=#=-   ==-  --= -=-  --:  :-:
>>    :-- :--    -==  =-= #=# =##  ###    #=#    #=# =-=  =--  -=- =-:  -:-  -::
>>::-::-- -:--=- =-=  -== =#=  ##= ###### ##=#=# =#=  #=- ==--=--- -=--:--:-:-::
>   That's one effect I don't think could be Figletized.  I think somebody 
>would have to write a standalone program just to do that one effect.  I'd 
>like to see that.  Is anybody willing to write it?

Well, not just that one effect.  A program could probably be made that would
take any "background" text and apply a simple blocky design to it, as a mask.
so:

1234        ###           123
3456  plus  #  #  equals  3  6
5678        #  #          5  8
7890        ###           789

to take a useless example.  Then you take a screen-wide gradient like the
one used above, apply a blocky font to it (which could be figlet) and tada!
If I was going to write it (which I probably won't get around to) I'd use
Perl, but I'm just a Perl junkie.  Anyone with more time up for it?
--
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Subject: Talk: Light and Dark Effects
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