Re: what font should I be using for ascii???

.----- On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:52:20 -0700, ]Rain ]|<ing posted:
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 > Subject: what font should I be using for ascii???
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http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/minifaq.htm#monosp
http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/ascmfaq.htm#monosp
(one of those works!)

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         | |\/| |/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \/ __| '_ \ / _` |/ __/ _ \/ _` |
         | |  | | (_) | | | | (_) \__ \ |_) | (_| | (_|  __/ (_| |
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Almost all ASCII art is created and intended to be viewed in a monospaced,
or fixed width font. Find your operating system/computer on the list below
and find a font on your system that is on the list.

Windows:  FixedSys                                 (Supplied with Windows)
          Courier New                              (Supplied with Windows)
          Courier                                  (Supplied with Windows)
          Lucida Console             (Supplied with Microsoft Win95 Plus!)
          Topaz New
          Monotype.com
          Terminal
          Lucida Sans Typewiter
          OCR A Extended
          OCRB
          Netextmo

Amiga:    Topaz                                                   (In ROM)
          Courier                             (Supplied with WorkBench 2+)
          Pearl
          Siesta
          XEN                                         (Comes with MagicWB)
          XCourier                                    (Comes with MagicWB)
          ascii
          tiny

AppleMac: Courier
          Monaco
          ZTerm

Acorn:    Corpus                                            (in Resources)
          Homerton                                          (in Resources)
          System                                            (in Resources)

If you can`t find any of the fonts on the list, please try looking at this
in all fonts available:

iiiii iiiii iiiii iiiii|
mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm|

In a fixed width font, both of the | symbols should match in distance from
the left side of the screen. If you find a common font that isn`t on the
list, please email mar...@bigfoot.com and tell me about it, along
with what operating system/computer it is from.

.---- To get a Monospaced/Fixed Width font in MS Outlook Express -->
|Click Tools/ Options.
|Click the Read tab.
|Click the Fonts button.
|Select Courier or another fixed width font for ALL of the listboxes.
|Select Smallest.
|Click OK.
|Click OK.
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