Work in progress: ASCII art FAQ 3.0.-3
From Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
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======================================================================= This version of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the ASCII art Usenet groups is a development version only, and should not be reposted or used for systems involving life support systems, nuclear power plants, or other mission-critical applications. Some states do not allow crocodile-skin handbags, so the above restrictions may not apply to you. [ahem ... where was I ... ah yes] If you are new to this group, please look for a message with the subject `[FAQ] New to ascii art? Read me first!' and read that instead, or you may get horribly confused. Notes to regulars ----------------- Yes, I'm still here! I have been very busy over the past few weeks, but now I have a few spare hours, I can attack the FAQ again. Progress in this draft: Well, it's still not finished <sigh/>, BUT there's only Questions 7, 8, 10, and 11 left to rewrite now. Questions 6 and 12 are a bit more up to date than they used to be. And of course I've done my usual trick of fiddling with the names for each question <cough/>. Updated links, updated info, whatever, all suggestions/help gratefully accepted ... If you have improvements/modifications, include them in followups to this message, and I'll incorporate them into the next version. Meanwhile, Martin Atkins wrote (so long ago that he quite possibly doesn't remember): > > Donovan has suggested that it all be one massive document for ease of > printing, while I and others think that it should be a short document > to get people to read it --- I think we can do both. Mattew, would it > be reasonable to suggest two versions of the FAQ? > > You write a short answer as you suggest above, followed by the more > detailed answer underneath exactly as you said. Then, you take out > all of the 'more detail' bits to make the short version which will > then be posted to the newsgroup. You will obv need to mark them as > such and put in the short version that more information is available, > and possibly mark the revision numbers something like 3.0a for the > short version and 3.0b for the long one, or maybe l and s would be > more appropriate.. whatever. > > What do you think? To be perfectly honest, I think that having one huge FAQ is a silly idea. Just remember what the F stands for in FAQ. More detailed information is *precisely* what the ADA is for, and the ADA is on the perfect medium for such a detailed work -- the Web, which allows jumping from one chunk of information to another with ease. And a super-long FAQ doesn't need to be posted every week if there aren't people who need to know all that information coming along every week ... and there aren't! Just remember people, this is ASCII art we're talking about, not techniques on how to deactivate a nuclear bomb ... Much more recently, Neil Franklin wrote, when e-mailing me about archiving the text version of the FAQ on his own site: >... > As I will want to keep the FAQ up to date by adding newer versions > of the FAQ to the site (and putting an remark about their existance > into the older one, as deletion is an no-no): > > Is it possible for you to change the Subject: line you use to include > either the version number, or preferably the last changed date from > the FAQ? > > This would alert all readers (not just me) to the first appearance > of an new FAQ version. Hint to all, to re-read, and to me (and > possibly others) to snarf a new copy and store it. >... Interesting idea, but on balance I don't think it's a good one. A FAQ subject line should be as simple and as obvious as possible, and including the version number would be unnecessary. Two reasons: (1) those who come to alt.ascii-art* via an old version of the FAQ will see the current version of the FAQ posted soon enough, before they learn to ignore it (2) those who are already in the group do not need alerting about a new version of the FAQ, as it is discussed fairly thoroughly in the group itself while it is being prepared. Does everyone agree? All righty, back to bed for me ... -- Matthew `mpt' Thomas Columnist, http://www.newsroom.co.nz/ Webmaster, http://www.ucsa.canterbury.ac.nz/clubs/kakariki/ FAQ maintainer, news:alt.ascii-art ======================================================================= [Subject:] (FAQ) Welcome to ASCII art ======================================================================= __ __ __ _, \\ \\ / ___ '|| ___ ___ __ _ _ ___ _/|_ ___ \\ /\\ / //_\) || // \)// \\ ||'||'|| //_\) || // \\ \/ \/ \\__,_||_\\__,\\_//_||_||_||_\\__, \|_\\_// ___ ___ ____ ____ /\ (( / // | || || ___ _,_ _/|_ /_\\ \\ (( || || __\\'||\) || _/ _\\_/__)) \\__,_||_ _||_ ((_||_||_ \|_ Answers to frequently asked questions about ASCII art Author: Matthew `mpt' Thomas (spiff @ 3dmail . com) Version: 3.0.-3 Last changed: 1999-05-15 NOTE: alt.ascii-art and alt.ascii-art.animation are Usenet discussion groups. If you are new to Usenet, please read the messages in news:news.announce.newusers before posting. This FAQ is regularly posted to news:alt.ascii-art and news:alt.ascii-art.animation. On the Web, the FAQ and other useful documents can be found in the ASCII art Documentation Archive (ADA), at the following locations: * http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/ada/ (UK) * http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (UK) * http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA) [??? any more locations? I think I've missed a couple] Contents -------- 1. What's going on here? 2. What is ASCII art? 3. What's ASCII, then? 4. What *isn't* ASCII art? 5. All the pictures look strange -- what's wrong? 6. How do I draw my own ASCII art? 7. What should I know before posting pictures? 8. I like that ASCII picture -- can I copy it for myself? 9. I want a picture of something -- how do I ask for one? 10. Can someone do me some cool lettering? 11. How do I convert a picture to ASCII art? 12. Where do I find more ASCII art pictures and information? 1. What's going on here? -------------------------- You're probably reading this because it's been posted to news:alt.ascii-art or news:alt.ascii-art.animation. If you're not, jump in and take a look. In these Usenet groups people discuss ASCII art, request ASCII art, post ASCII art, post improved versions or variations of other people's ASCII art, and generally have fun. 2. What is ASCII art? ---------------------- ASCII art is any sort of pictures or diagrams drawn with the printable characters in the ASCII character set. (For more about ASCII, see Question 3.) Probably the most common ASCII art picture is the smiley -- :-) -- but it gets a lot more sophisticated than that. Here's a small ASCII picture of a snow-scene paperweight, drawn by Joan Stark: ____ .-" +' "-. /.'.'A_'*`.\ |:.*'/\-\. ':| |:.'.||"|.'*:| \:~^~^~^~^:/ /`-....-'\ jgs / \ `-.,____,.-' If this picture looks very strange and you can't really tell what it is, don't panic -- see Question 5. People use ASCII art for a number of reasons. Here are some of them. * It is the most universal computer art form in the world -- every computer system capable of displaying multi-line text can display ASCII art, without needing to have a graphics mode or support a particular graphics file format. * An ASCII picture is hundreds of times smaller in file size than its GIF or BMP equivalent, while still giving a good idea of what something looks like. * It's easy to copy from one file to another (just cut and paste). * It's fun! 3. What's ASCII, then? ----------------------- ASCII (short for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a basic set of 128 numbered symbols which almost all kinds of computer can display. Here are the ones that are used for ASCII art: 032 [space] 048 0 064 @ 080 P 096 ` 112 p 033 ! 049 1 065 A 081 Q 097 a 113 q 034 " 050 2 066 B 082 R 098 b 114 r 035 # 051 3 067 C 083 S 099 c 115 s 036 $ 052 4 068 D 084 T 100 d 116 t 037 % 053 5 069 E 085 U 101 e 117 u 038 & 054 6 070 F 086 V 102 f 118 v 039 ' 055 7 071 G 087 W 103 g 119 w 040 ( 056 8 072 H 088 X 104 h 120 x 041 ) 057 9 073 I 089 Y 105 i 121 y 042 * 058 : 074 J 090 Z 106 j 122 z 043 + 059 ; 075 K 091 [ 107 k 123 { 044 , 060 < 076 L 092 \ 108 l 124 | 045 - 061 = 077 M 093 ] 109 m 125 } 046 . 062 > 078 N 094 ^ 110 n 126 ~ 047 / 063 ? 079 O 095 _ 111 o There are other characters in the set (with the numbers 000--031 and 127), but they can do bad stuff to Usenet readers, so PLEASE DON'T USE THEM in your pictures (except for character 13, which is used to insert a new line). 4. What *isn't* ASCII art? --------------------------- ASCII art is a very simple medium, but people are forever trying to make it more complicated. The following things are not ASCII art and should not be posted to the ASCII art Usenet groups. * ANSI, `extended ASCII', or `high ASCII' art. Many computer systems have an extended character set of 256 or more characters, based on the ANSI or Unicode character sets and having the first 128 characters identical to ASCII. These characters should not be used in ASCII art because many types of computer system do not display them properly, and even those that do do not display them in a standard way (for example, the Windows ANSI character set is different from the Macintosh ANSI character set). * HTML art. HTML, the language used in Web pages, can be used to add special effects such as colours, font size, and (ugh) blinking text to ASCII art, and HTML can be read by some Usenet readers. However, to many they just appear as a jumble of <TAGS> and are totally unrecognizable, so you shouldn't post HTML to Usenet. Put it on a Web page instead, and post the address to news:alt.ascii-art. See http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/asciionpage.htm for instructions on how to do this. * ASCII art animated using JavaScript. This relies not only on the newsreader being able to display HTML, but also being able to run JavaScript. Put it on a Web page instead, and post the address to news:alt.ascii-art.animation. 5. All the pictures look strange -- what's wrong? -------------------------------------------------- If one particular picture posted to this group looks faulty, but the rest of them look fine, then it's probably a problem with that particular picture, or with the poster's Usenet program. But if *all* the pictures look bad, then your Usenet reader may be set to display messages in a proportional font. ASCII art is created using a fixed-width font (like on a traditional typewriter), because this is the only way to make it portable. However, several Usenet readers now display messages in a proportional font (where different characters are different widths). To see what your program is doing, look at these two lines: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii| WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW| If they look the same length, you're using a fixed-width font and all should be ok. If the second line is longer than the first, you need to change your settings to use a fixed-width font. In Netscape Messenger, this option is set in Edit > Preferences > Mail & Newsgroups. In Outlook Express, the option is set in View > Options > Read > [???]. The AOL newsreader can not, at the time of writing, display Usenet messages in a fixed-width font at all. Detailed information on how to configure other Usenet readers is available at the ASCII-Art Documentation Archive (see the beginning of this FAQ). If all else fails, copy the text of the picture from your program and paste it into a text editor (such as Notepad). It's a hassle, but at least you'll get to see the pictures. 6. How do I draw my own ASCII art? ----------------------------------- The most common question asked on this subject is `do you use a special program to make your pictures?'. The answer is usually no. You can create ASCII art in any text editor, such as SimpleText or BBEdit in MacOS, Notepad in Windows, nedit, vi, vim, or pico in Unix, BEd or AZ in AmigaOS, edit in DOS, or any of the various Emacs editors. Some editors have features which make them more suitable for ASCII art than others, but this is largely a matter of personal opinion. Features which are both useful for ASCII art, and available in many text editors, include the following. * Overtype, also known as overstrike: removes the need for you to constantly realign characters using the Backspace, Space, and Delete keys. Try the Insert key if there is one on your keyboard, or look in your program's Options or Preferences. * Rectangular copy and paste: allows you to select rectangular sections of text (not just rows or parts of rows). On programs which have this feature, it is usually done by holding down a key such as Ctrl while selecting text. * Find/Change: allows you to change all the characters of one value to another (eg change all the ~s to "s). For how to draw ASCII art, there is no better way to learn than to practise. Draw your cat, your toaster, your musical instruments, your partner, anything that will sit still long enough -- practice makes, if not perfect, then at least pretty good. Whether you do small drawings (less work involved) or large ones (easier to make a drawing recognizable) is up to you.If you're interested in tutorials, some are available from the ASCII-art Documentation Archive. One good way to begin drawing is to type a row of spaces for however wide you want your picture, and then copy this row and paste it for however many rows high you think the picture will get. Then turn overtype on, stick your cursor somewhere in the middle, and begin drawing. This can save you from many Delete, Backspace, Enter, and space bar key-presses. Saving this empty `canvas' as a read-only file for future reuse can save you even more time. When drawing ASCII art, *please* remember that you must use a fixed-width font (see Question 5). There is no such thing as a completely standard font which is available on all computer systems, but a picture drawn in one fixed-width font and viewed using another is usually still very recognizable. Even so, there are a few characters to watch out for: # hash/pound -- a hash symbol on most computers, a pound (currency) symbol on some British ones ^ caret -- differs in size depending on the font used ~ tilde -- appears in the middle of the line in some fonts, at the top in others (try using - or " instead, depending on what you want) ' apostrophe/single quote -- tilts southwest-northeast in some fonts, is vertical in others (this also applies to the comma ,) I is just a straight line in sans-serif fonts, but in serif fonts there is a small small stroke (serif) at each end -- use the vertical bar (|) instead. Finally, do not use any control codes, non-ASCII characters, or word-processor-type formatting in your pictures. Not only are these not ASCII art (see Question 4), but since they are particular to your editor or computer system they will almost certainly not have the intended effect on the systems the rest of us use (they may even crash some Usenet readers). 7. What should I know before posting pictures? ----------------------------------------------- It doesn't matter if your ASCII art isn't particularly good; we'd like to see it anyway. We won't be rude about it (although you'd better tell us what it is, or we might ask :-), but if it shows potential, you may find that other people will `re-diddle' it -- change a few characters, make it a bit better, and re-post it. HOWEVER, there are a few things you should check before you post any piece of ASCII art. * If there are a lot of almost-blank lines in the picture, then the message is probably suffering from `wrapping'. This wrapping may be being done by your newsreader; see if it has an option called `wrap long lines' or similar, and make sure it is turned off. If this doesn't work, then the wrapping was probably done by the news program of the person who sent the picture, in which case there's not much you can do -- everybody else will be seeing the same thing. * If there are a lot of < and > symbols in the picture, with words like HTML, FONT COLOR, B, I, and so on inside them, then the picture has been sent in HTML format [see Question 2], and your newsreader does not understand HTML (most newsreaders don't). Microsoft's Outlook Express program has a number of flaws (including deleting spaces from the beginning of lines, and inserting the word `file://' in unexpected places) which make it very difficult to send ASCII art properly. Whether these are bugs or features we don't know, but we do know that Microsoft would rather that ASCII art as a medium just disappeared (see http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/digital/daily/0,2822,13735,00.html for more information). A registry patch to fix some of the flaws in Outlook Express is available from the ADA. * Are you sending it as plain text? Some news programs, particularly those built in to Web browsers, read and write messages in HTML (HyperText Markup Language, the language which Web pages are written in). HTML allows colours and (using JavaScript) animations in ASCII art, but few newsreaders support it, and those which don't will show a whole lot of garbage text with your picture hidden inside it. So if you have one of these HTML-sending programs, PLEASE select the option which tells it to send messages as plain text only. If you have a picture which uses HTML for a particular feature (such as colours or animation), put it on a Web page, and post the URL of the page to alt.ascii-art, rather than posting the whole picture. * Is it under 72 characters wide? Most news readers can only show lines which are under either 72, 76, or 80 characters wide, so if your picture is wider than 72 characters it may get wrapped [see Question 4). Also remove any unnecessary space characters from the end of each line of the picture, to prevent lines from being too long (and getting wrapped) without your realizing. * Have you used any control codes? Inserting control codes (ASCII characters 0 to 31) in a picture can sometimes achieve interesting effects on your computer screen or news reader, such as reversing text, changing its colour, and so on. DO NOT post any of these pictures to alt.ascii-art, for two reasons: 1. the effects that the control codes have on your news reader are almost certainly going to be different from those on the thousands of other news readers that other people use 2. on some news readers, control codes can cause messed up displays, messages not appearing, or (in some cases) the news reader crashing. * If your first line starts with one or more spaces, stick a dummy line (such as -- or .) above it, to prevent the spaces from being ignored by your news program (this only applies to some news programs, and only to the first line of the message). If you're not sure about whether your message will turn out ok, post it to a test group (such as news:alt.test or news:misc.test) first and make sure (using a different newsreader, if you can) that you can read it ok. [See Question 10 for advice on posting someone else's ASCII art.] 8. I like that ASCII picture -- can I copy it for myself? ---------------------------------------------------------- Don't assume that if somebody posts something to a Usenet group, that gives you the right to use it however you like; copyright laws still apply. For more information, see the article `Copyright Myths FAQ: 10 big myths about copyright explained' in news:news.announce.newusers. (It is also available at http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html.) ASCII art is often an exception to this rule, though: generally, ASCII artists don't mind if you copy their pictures and repost them or put them on your own Web site, as long as you don't make any money out of them. There are a few important conditions, however. * If the picture contains a few letters in one corner which don't seem to be part of the picture, they're the artist's initials. DO NOT remove these initials -- would you cut away the part of a Van Gogh painting containing his name? Leaving the initials on is a small price to pay for being able to use the picture for free. * If you're going to use a picture in your signature file, or in a place (such as a log-in screen) which means you're going to be using it a lot, you should really e-mail the artist (or post to the newsgroup, if you don't know their address) and ask for permission, because otherwise people may get the mistaken impression that you were the one who drew the picture. As for posting other people's ASCII art, after a discussion in news:alt.ascii-art the following rules were agreed upon: 1. If an ASCII ART picture has initials on it, leave them on when posting it. 2. If an ASCII ART picture doesn't have initials on it, mention that you didn't draw it when posting it. 3. If somebody posts a picture without initials and you have an original copy with initials, feel free to repost the original version. The repost ought not to be taken personally, as we all know that ASCII art often loses proper credits. Responses to the repost are not necessary. One of our regulars, name of Krogg, suggested the following: 1.)Ultra polite:...ya make yer own ascii and use it. 2.) Very polite:...Ya contact the author and ask if ya can use it... 3.) polite:...Ya use it but,you keep the Credits in there like they should be. 4.) rude:...Ya use it and strip credits. 5.) Very rude:...Ya use it and claim that it Is _Your_ very own creation... You choose ... I think the default choice is #3 but you should make up yer own mind.... 9. I want a picture of something -- how do I ask for one? ---------------------------------------------------------- Yes, if we find it interesting. Give your request the subject `REQ: xyz' if you're looking for a picture of an xyz, then in the message describe more exactly what you're looking for. Generally, the more specific you are, the more likely you are to get someone to draw what you want: if you just say something like `can someone draw me a fish' then you're not likely to get many replies, because people won't be sure whether or not they're wasting their time by drawing something you won't want. If you don't have Web access, mention this fact, otherwise you may get replies consisting only of URLs for the kind of pictures you're looking for. 10. Can someone do me some cool lettering? ------------------------------------------- Probably not, unless we're REALLY bored. The reason for this is that there is a program called Figlet which does that sort of thing automatically -- you type in `Jane Smith', and you get back ___ __, ( / ( o _/_ / / __, _ _ `. _ _ , / /_ _/_(_/(_/ /_(/_ (___)/ / /_(_(__/ /_ // (/ in this and a whole lot of other fonts. The ASCII art text produced by Figlet can be quite stunning, so it's best to try it first before asking for help from the newsgroup. The Figlet home page is at http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html. This site links to the FTP site ftp://ftp.internexus.net/pub/figlet/, where you can download versions of the program for many different platforms. You can run Figlet on the Web by going to one of the following sites and choosing your text and options on the Web page. Different sites offer different options (e.g. multiple fonts at once, justification, and limited line length). Some of these sites also provide an e-mail Figlet service for people with browsers which don't support forms. * http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/ * http://home.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html * http://schnoggo.com/figlet.html * http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet/ * http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html * http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl * http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html * http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl. If Figlet doesn't produce the kind of results you want, THEN you can post to alt.ascii-art with your request. Make sure that you include: * the fact that you have already tried Figlet, or don't have access to it (otherwise you will probably just get told to use it) * a description of the kind of lettering you want, along with any other symbols or logos which you would like incorporated into it. 11. How do I convert a picture to ASCII art? -------------------------------------------- There are computer programs available which convert graphics files of a particular format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for any of these programs to find places where you can download them. Try: gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70 ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/. However, the output from these programs is often poor (fiddling with the picture in an image-editing program beforehand may help). In this case, you can post a request to news:alt.ascii-art asking for someone to `asciify' it, but PLEASE DON'T POST THE PICTURE ITSELF. To save downloading time for people reading the messages, if possible give the URL (Web address) of the picture instead. If you saw the picture on a Web page, you can find out its URL by right-clicking on it (on the Macintosh, right-clicking, Ctrl-clicking, or holding down the mouse button) and selecting `Open this image' (or its equivalent for your Web browser), then copy the URL from the Location bar to your news program (make sure you copy it exactly). If the picture is not on a Web site anywhere, put it up on your own site (if you have one), or get a friend to put it up on their site, and post the URL to alt.ascii-art. If you can't do this, post your request to alt.ascii-art and wait for an artist to reply, then e-mail the picture to them. 12. Where do I find more ASCII art pictures and information? ------------------------------------------------------------ There are a number of ASCII art Usenet groups, but news:alt.ascii-art and news:alt.ascii-art.animation are the only ones which are widely used. news:alt.ascii-art is the main group, while news:alt.ascii-art.animation discusses various ways of animating ASCII art (often using JavaScript or scrolling displays). To find out how to animate ASCII art using JavaScript, see http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/4942/faq_hta.htm and http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/animlesson.htm. Lots of ASCII artists put up libraries of their own and others' ASCII art on their Web sites, as well as tutorials on how to draw ASCII art. Allen Mullen has links to many of these sites at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm. The DMOZ Open Directory Project also has an extensive catalogue of ASCII art sites -- http://dmoz.org/Arts/ASCII/. THE END This document may be freely copied as long as Matthew Thomas is identified as the original author. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [This stuff yet to be resorted from the old FAQ] 11. What should I know about signature files? ---------------------------------------------- A signature file (or `sig' for short; not to be confused with the initials added to an ASCII picture) is a small, personalized text file which an e-mail or news program adds to the end of every message a person sends -- the equivalent of a letterhead for dead-tree (paper) mail. Usually it contains little more than the person's name, organization, and e-mail address, and an inspirational quote of some sort; but some people like to incorporate ASCII art into their signature files as well. The biggest problem that this causes is the number of lines that the signature file takes up. This is a topic which, despite its lack of importance in relation to global warming, violence in society, and so on, can be the subject of heated arguments. To be brief, (almost) no-one will complain if your signature file is four lines long or fewer -- and it is quite possible to draw good ASCII pictures which are that small. Some examples are at: * http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/~kenter/sigs.html * http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/sigs.htm. Some e-mail programs don't allow you to have a signature file which is longer than four lines, while others just complain. Five or six lines is usually acceptable, but any longer, and you're starting to take the risk that your signature will be longer than some of your e-mail messages; this wouldn't really make sense on paper, so it isn't really acceptable in cyberspace either. The exception is in messages posted to news:alt.ascii-art itself -- we're used to seeing long sigs, so we won't complain. But no matter what the length of your signature, make sure it's fewer than 72 characters wide, otherwise it may end up a horrible mess [see Question 6]. Text-mode Quake -- http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/ `The ASCII artists' in Wired magazine -- http://www.wired.com/news/news/wiredview/story/6346.html. analia and other animation software -- [???] 'ere, 'ave a san'wich.
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