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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Oct 1998.
Re: [REQUEST] 'Goofy' signature

Re: [REQUEST] 'Goofy' signature

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:

> My apologies, I had not realised that you were the author of the
> Figfont GOOFY.FLF...

Okay.

> I think the only genuine ascii Goofy to date is by Joan Stark:

Yep, and this one:

>                 .;;;.
>                :;;;;:'   .;
>               :;;: .;;;',;;;; ;:
>               :: ,;;;;`;;;:'::;;:,
>                :;;;;;; ;;,$$$c` $L
>                ;;;;;;;`: $$$$$h $$:
>               :;;;;;;;,`J$$$$$$h$$$>
>               ;;;;`;';;`3$$$$$$$$$$N
>               ;;',;:;;;`3$$$$$$$$$$$>                  cc,
>               ',;',;;;;,3$$$$$$$$$$$>                cCC''C
>              .;'.:;;';;:'$$$$$$$$$$$E               cCCC7'>
>            ,;` ';;',$nn`:4$$$$$$$$$$f               CCCCcC
>          ,;`    ':'$$$$$  R$$$F R>  >           zdE'CCCCC
>         ;;`       '$$*#*$L R$E  "  ..ur .d$$ u$$$$$ CCC":
>       :;;;         $x$h"i7$L"N  d$$$F.d$$$":$$$$$$$$uuo$$
>      :;;;          ?$$$k?$$$$fd$$$$ d$$$$ d$$$$$$$$$$$$$F:$L
>      ;;;'           4$$$L?$$$$$$$$k$$$$$b$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Fd$$E
>     :;;;`          c`"$$$h'$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>     ;;;;`         cC $$$$$h "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$EJ$$$P $$$$"
>    ,;;;;`        ,C $$$$$$$$h "R$$$$$$$$$$$Bd$.$$F d$P"
>    :;;;;`       ,C'9$$$$$$$$$$$u '"?$$$$$$$$$F"  ..ue>
>    :;;;;'       CC $$$$$$$$$$k'?$$$-....         @$R"
>    :;;;;;       CC,'$$$$$$$$$$" ::  $$$$"
>    ';;;;;       "CCc  """""    :;;
>     :;;;;`        'CC          :;;'
>     `:::'                      ;;;         Another  PLUTO
>                               :;;;
>                              ';;;;     Name of Artist Unknown
>                              ';;:
>                               `

is also one of my favorites. And this is definitely
NO PLUTO! (Pluto as in: the dog from Mickey Mouse).
The give-a-ways are the long ears and the teeth...

This one I found quite some time ago, and alas, no credits either :(

There is also somewhere on the web a colored version, which also
looks good in black/white... I'm thinking of setting up a homepage
just to collect all kinds of Goofy's...

> None of them are small enough for a 4 or 6-line Sig so you will have
> to use your talent to reduce them to Sig size and still look real
> Goofy!

> You could use Style's RESIZE.EXE utility (location given below) but the
> results are not likely to be too helpful.
[
 > Dos:
 > http://www.bignet.net/~thekid39/resize.exe
 > Unix (C source):
 > http://www.bignet.net/~thekid39/resize.c
]
> Here are the top three pictures resized by RESIZE.EXE:


>        jgs                    Keely                   Pluto
>   50% reduction:          50% reduction:          30% reduction

>        _|_                   ^_   \  _~.            ;;:;,
>      _|-.-|__-'_`.      | /^ / ~ /\ /\  \          ;;`$$$
>    .. |(|)|                 Y  / / |              ..':$$$E    C7
> --"     -                      _=_               `  $*   ..$$$C:
>       ._-_.                ~   \./   ~          ;   4$$$$$b$$$$dE
>        .-.                |    :|:*   |        :;  ,$$$$'$$$".>
>                            _    \    ,         ';  " "" ;
>                              \ {_/ /                   :;
>                               \___/  -el-

Mmm, that last one still looks a bit like Goofy! Cool!
Too bad I am graphically gifted as much as any airplane.

Maybe someone from the group can diddle it into something
more recognizable? Getting the ears more black, and the face 
a bit lighter?

--
GoofY

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From: Steven de Brouwer <goo...@stack.nl>
Subject: Re: [REQUEST] 'Goofy' signature
Date: 1998/10/05
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