Re: Stupid fonts!!!

In article <6ebvhc$cag$1...@tron.sci.fi>, ilt...@sci.fi (Ilmari Karonen)
wrote:
> 
> llizard (cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca) wrote:
> : I knew that there might be a problem in Lynx but I fear I can do no more
> : than the following:
> : http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/asciichart3.htm#top
> 
> Hmmph. You can't really blame Lynx - if anyone managed to change the font
> on my terminal from the "other end", I'd consider it a serious security
> fault indeed. (That'd mean they could overwrite my system prefs.)
> 
> Why not just tell what the lines are (not) supposed to look like, just as
> in the FAQ? If you really need an example, use only an image - with a
> suitable alt text of course. (Even Lynx users can download images, though
> few would do that for such a trivial thing.)
> 
> This is what I'd do:
> 
> |<pre>
> |iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
> |mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
> |</pre>
> |
> |<p>Paste the above two lines into your editor. If they look equally long
> |like above, good! If the second line looks longer, your font is
> |proportional.</p>
> 
> and so on.. If you use images, try to make sure the text works even
> without them, then give them an empty alt text (alt=""). Something like:
> 
> |<p><img alt="" src="monospaced.gif" width=240 height=20 align=right>
> |If the lines look equally long, your editor has a monospaced font. etc..
> |<br clear=right>
> |
> |<p><img alt="" src="proportional.gif" width=240 height=20 align=right>
> |If the second line looks longer than the first one, your font is
> |proportional. etc..<br clear=right>
> 
> Oh, and remember: Style Sheets are nice! Style Sheets are good! Style
> Sheets make ASCII art look better! Style Sheets are compatible! Style
> Sheets are the Right Thing To Do(tm)! USE STYLE SHEETS!
> 
> (with due apologies to Veronica for using the "look and feel" of her
> Figlet ad ;-) )

Oh dear! I had no intention of antagonizing any Lynx users (or anyone,
for that matter). The whole reason I ever got into ASCII-art was because
of having a first ISP (freenet) that had no graphics. (And yes, I know
the graphics can be downloaded.)

Maybe I should just dump the whole explanation entirely. When I made
that shortened version for dummies who don't like to read the whole FAQ,
I was aiming at the Brand new users whose first computers are equipped
with graphics and html readers and have never considered that others
don't see exactly what is on the monitor in front of them.

I will investigate STYLE SHEETS if I can find out what they are. (I'm a
little embarrassed to admit that I am one of those new users in the
above paragraph whose first computer ran Windows95.) My sister loves to
tell people about the time when she was looking at something on our
brand new computer and a DOS screen came up (as she expected) and I
freaked out thinking the computer was crashing (AGAIN -- as it did so
many times when we first started) because there were no pictures
anymore.

But I'll bear your suggestions in mind and thank you for them.


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