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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 17 Apr 2009.
Re: [OT?] Rasterising (/\) in a 16x16 buffer

Re: [OT?] Rasterising (/\) in a 16x16 buffer

Veronica Karlsson <ver...@gmail.com> writes:

> Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Not ascii art per se, so just tell me if this is too off-topic.
>> 
>> What is a good way to rasterise (draw) the stylized M (/\), as in
>> (\/)yrkraverk for the favicon in my (still not very much of) ascii art
>> site
>> 
>
> Is that:
>
>   M  =>  |\/|  =>  (\/)

Yes.

> Does the word "myrkraverk" mean something or is it just yet another
> cute name?

It means "dark deed," from old norse myrkr and verk -- and I've been
using it as my 'net-nym for close to 8 years -- originally meant for a
video game company (which of course never got started).  There is also
a story from my youth that's not very interesting.


Johann

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From: Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <joh...@myrkraverk.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:29:10 +0000
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