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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 23 Sep 2003.
Re: newb question
Anubis Yellowstar wrote:
 >           i didn      't see th   is in t        he FAQ.  i've noticed in a
 >           lot of     "old skool"   txt fil      es (zin  es and such), the
 >          are "jus    tified" colu  mns wit     h carefu  lly placed, almost
 >           unnotic   eable, instanc  es of 2     spaces    between
 >           words i  nstead   of one   , so th  at both     the left and rig
 >          ht margi  ns line   up. i    was th  inking      that this would
 > be usef  ul when  combining ascii ar  t with length      y parag
 > raphs, should i  ever have need to do   such a thin      g... is this usual
 >  ly done manual ly, or a      re there   tools out        there to assist o
 >    ne in doin   g this         without    making         it look like crap?

JavE's Camelize tool can be very useful for doing this.

It's original intend was to make ascii-art by formating provided textinput.

Here's a repost of a picture of mine that uses one of the variations that the 
Camelize tool can provide :

     :I'm::     ::scared::  Dave.:I:can      :feel:     :my::  mind:going.
    ::I'm:::    :::::       :::::  :::::    afraid.:    :I'm:  :::::  :::::
   ::::  :::    :afraid,:   Dave.:Dave.    :my:  mind   :is::  :::::   ::::
  going.::::I   :can:       feel:it.:I    can::::feel   :it.:  :my::   mind
  is::::going.  ::::        ::::   there  is::::::::no  :::::  ::question::
::::      :::: ::::        ::::    about:it.      :I:: can:    feel:it.

This text is from "2001 - A Space Odyssey"

The original text was hard to fit so I choose to fill the spaces as you see, 
but you don't have to do that.

Draw the shape you want the text to fit and then copy the text into Jave and 
select it.
Then start the Camelize tool, load the image and play with the options.

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