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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 28 Oct 1999.
Shapes
For thoose just begining to draw ascii , here's a list of shapes and lines i
have compiled for my own personal use.

They're a good place to start .. once you get the hang of you know them by heart
and never need look them up again.


[Lines]

     3/1    2/1     1/1     2/3     1/2
|    |      /      /      .'      .'
|    |     |      /      /      .'
|    /     /     /     .'     .'          1/3
|   |     |     /     /     .'         .-'
|   |     /    /    .'    .'        .-'
|   /    |    /    /    .'       .-'       1/4
|  |     /   /   .'   .'      .-'      _.-'
|  |    |   /   /   .'     .-'     _.-'       1/5
|  /    /  /  .'  .'    .-'    _.-'      _.--'
| |    |  /  /  .'   .-'   _.-'     _.--'      1/6
| |    / / .' .'  .-'  _.-'    _.--'    __.--'     1/7
| |   | / / .' .-' _.-'   _.--'   __.--'    __..--'
              _.-'  _.--'   __.--'   __..--'    1/8
               _.--'  __.--'  __..--'   __..--''
                __.--' __..--'  __..--''
                __..--' __..--''
                __..--''
[VK]            -------------------------- 0




   6/1   3/1    2/1     1/1     2/3     1/2
 |  J    J     J       /      .'      .'
 |  J    |     F      /      /      .'
 |  |    F    J      /     .'     .'          1/3
 |  |   J     F     /     /     .'         .-'
 |  F   |    J     /    .'    .'        .-'
 |  F   F    F    /    /    .'       .-'       1/4
 | J   J    J    /   .'   .'      .-'      _.-'
 | J   |    F   /   /   .'     .-'     _.-'       1/5
 | |   F   J   /  .'  .'    .-'    _.-'      _.--'
 | |  J    F  /  /  .'   .-'   _.-'     _.--'      1/6
 | F  |   J  / .' .'  .-'  _.-'    _.--'    __.--'     1/7
 | F  F   F / / .' .-' _.-'   _.--'   __.--'    __..--'
                  _.-'  _.--'   __.--'   __..--'    1/8
                   _.--'  __.--'  __..--'   __..--''
                    __.--' __..--'  __..--''
                    __..--' __..--''
                    __..--''
[HS]                -------------------------- 0

...and if the line slopes the other way use L instead of F.



               2\1     3\2     1\1     1\2   1\3 12infinity
                  `.      `.      \      \    |   |
                    `.      \      \      |   |   |
         3\1          `.     `.     \     \   \   |
            `-.         `.     \     \     |   |  |
               `-.        `.    `.    \    \   |  |
        4\1       `-.       `.    \    \    |  \  |
           `-._      `-.      `.   `.   \   \   | |
     5\1       `-._     `-.     `.   \   \   |  | |
        `--._      `-._    `-.    `.  `.  \  \  \ |
    6\1      `--._     `-._   `-.   `.  \  \  |  ||
7\1     `--.__    `--._    `-._  `-.  `. `. \ \  ||
   `--..__    `--.__   `--._   `-._ `-. `. \ \ | ||
   8\1    `--..__   `--.__   `--._  `-._         _=_
      ``--..__   `--..__  `--.__  `--._        q(-_-)p
              ``--..__  `--..__ `--.__         '_) (_`
                      ``--..__ `--..__         /__/  \
                              ``--..__       _(<_   _/)_
     infinity21 -----------------------     (__\_\_|_/__) [mic]





    |   |   /      ,'      ,-'     _,-'
    |  .'  /     ,'     ,-'    _,-'
    |  |  /    ,'    ,-'   _,-'          __..--""
    | .' /   ,'   ,-'  _,-'      __..--""
    | | /  ,'  ,-'  ,-'  __..--"" _______________





[Circular shapes]
                                           _____             __
                                        .-'     `-.       ,dP""Yb,
                                      .'           `.   ,d"      "b,
                                     /               \  d'    _   `Y,
                              _     ;                 ; 8     8    `b
                    __     ,'" "`.  |                 | `b,_,aP     P
            __    ,'  `.  /       \ ;                 ;   """"     d'
          .'  `. /      | |       |  \               /           ,P"
       _  |    | |      / \       /   `.           .'    a,.__,aP"
    o (_) `.__.'  `.__.'   `.___.'      `-._____.-'       `"""''


[Sentence drawing] - ( Drawing with characters aligned so they actually spell
something! )

            ught i
          ca       n
        m            a
       '      ...     t
      I      .   .     i
             !         m
      !       !       e
       p       !pool
        l
         e
          H




Wanted : This compilation needs some shading diagrams.

- CeeJay
--
 ,________________________________________________________
 |\'-._(   /                                              |
 | \  .'-._\     CeeJay Central                      ,   ,|
 |-.\'    .-;    http://CeeJay.findhere.com/       .'\`-' |
 |   \  .' (                                    _.'   \   |
 |.--.\'   _)     "It's my little place      ;-;       \._|
 |    ` _\(_)/_        on the web.."          \ `'-,_,-'\ |
 jgs____ /(O)\  ______________________________/____)_`-._\|

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