Re: blahsomethingorother
From "#:7)-|-< Geech" <swilli@slkc.uswest.net>
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· 13 Jun 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Lester5374 wrote: > > >Um, I still consider myself a newbie, with a lot of questions, here's one: > >When making ascii > >art, is it "legal" to use bold, italics, or underlined? Is it ok to change > >the size of the font > >within the same picture? > > The only ASCII characters to use in a pure ASCII pic are the characters on > your keyboard, that's it. No special formatting, because a lot of people won't > be able to see it. They will probably see the additional characters in the code > to make the letters bold (probably something like :"<" "B" ">"), and that will > destroy your picture for others. > I was talking to Colin about this a while ago, that the underline coding > in some uuencoded files turns the rest of the file into underlined text, which > means this stupid AOL browser won't decode the file if the "<" "U" ">" > characters happen to show up in a row. It also destroyed the picture of a cat > he showed me as an example. > > . > http://members.aol.com/lester5374/index.htm - Ansi home page > FTP://members.aol.com/lester5374/ansi - To download the ANSI format Thanks that really helps me out. -Geech <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> +==================================+ |\\\\@@@\\\\@@\\\@@\\\@@@\@\\\@\\\\| |\\\@\\@@@\\@\\\\@\\\@\\\\@\\@@\\\\| |\\\\@\\\@\\@@@\\@@@\@\\\\@\@\@\\\\| |\\\\\@\\@\\@\\\\@\\\\@\\\@@\\@\\\\| |\\\\\\\@@\\@@@@\@@@@\\@@\@\\\@\\\\| +==================================+ +======swilli.slkc.uswest.net======+ +==================================+ | | | | Give us a keyboard, \ \ we'll give you the world. | | Ascii | | | | \/|/\/\/|/\/
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