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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Aug 1998.
Re: Ascii-art resizer!

Re: Ascii-art resizer!

.----- On Sat, 1 Aug 1998 05:18:15 -0500, Nate/DAC posted:
|Ok, prolly not the best examples.  The best way might be for the program to
|turn the ASCII artwork into a bitmap (perhaps, just a dump of the font
|shapes and such so that the bitmap looks identical to the ASCII version),
|re-scale the bitmap using the various averaging and anti-aliasing techniques
|people use, and then converted back to an ASCII.
|
|The conversion back to ASCII would be the hardest I guess.  Perhaps such a
|program could create a directly scaled version as in your original, and
|create an ASCII-to-bitmap-to-ASCII version, and somehow use the first as
|sort of a "layout" map..
'--------------------------

I did this manually...

Take this:
                                                   *##X        
                                                   *###*       
                                                   ####X       
                     *#                           ####X#       
                     X#X                          #X##X#       
         X           *##                          ###X#X       
        X#     *XX*  *##X                         X####        
        ##*  *######XX# #                         *##X         
        ### *#X     #X* #              **          ##          
        #X###X      X  ##          ***####         ##*         
        #X  XX      *###X        #####X  X#       *#X*         
         ##X#*       *  ##*     *#   X    X#      XXX*         
        X#XX#* X*X  *##XX#X     X#         X#     #*#          
        #####* #*#*  #X*X*      #X          #X   X# #          
         * *#*       ##*      *##       X#* *##*## XX          
           X#XXX***  #*########*      X####  ##** X#           
         *##*     ***#X X*   *X*      *##### *#XX##*           
         XX           #*       *X      #####**#XX*    ##       
         #X **        *#    *X          X### ##   *X*####      
         #X*##* X#X    #X X####          X#  *#X  ###X  ###    
         #X*### ###X   XX X####X  *XXXX       *#XX#      *#X   
         X# ##X X##X   XX  X####X #####         ##X *##X  #X   
         X#  *   X#    #X X#####X #####             #XX#* *#   
          ##*         *#  ######X #####*           *#  X####*  
           ###XX***XX##X  ######X *####*           *#    ***   
            *X######X**    #####*  ####            ##          
                 #*         ####   *X*            ##           
                 #*         *XX*         X*     *#X            
                 #*                     X*X#XXXX#X             
                 X#                    #*  **###               
                 X#* *               *#     * X#               
                 #X#XX*            *##     X##X#               
                 #  X##       X   ####X*  ##**X                
                *#   X#*     X# X###X*##X ##                   
                #X  X##X    X####X #XX##X#**                   
               #X  X# *#   *#X     *##* ##                     
               #  *#* *#   #X                                  
              *#   #  #X  ##                                   
              X# X##  #*  X#                                   
             *# *#*   #*  X#                                   
           X##X #*    #X X#*                                   
           #X   #     #XX#*                                    
          X# *  XX   ## #*                                     
          ##X   #*  #X  #*                                     
          *##*X##  X#*  #X       The Dutch Dude                
           X###X   #X*  #*                                     
                   #X  X#                                      
                   X###X*                                      
                     **                                        
and feed into ASC2PIC (By Me <g>)
Take screengrab of it and load into Paint Shop Pro 5... resampled to 50% of the
original and then ASCIIfied using BMP2ASC:

                                          :++;        
                                           :+++:      
                                           ++++;      
             :+                           ++++;+      
             ;+;                          +;++;+      
 ;           :++                          +++;+;      
;+     :;;:  :++;                         ;++++       
++:  :++++++;;+ +                         :++;        
+++ :+;     +;: +              ::          ++         
+;+++;      ;  ++          :::++++         ++:        
+;  ;;      :+++;        +++++;  ;+       :+;:        
 ++;+:       :  ++:     :+   ;    ;+      ;;;:        
;+;;+: ;:;  :++;;+;     ;+         ;+     +:+         
+++++: +:+:  +;:;:      +;          +;   ;+ +         
 : :+:       ++:      :++       ;+: :++:++ ;;         
   ;+;;;:::  +:++++++++:      ;++++  ++:: ;+          
 :++:     :::+; ;:   :;:      :+++++ :+;;++:          
 ;;           +:       :;      +++++::+;;:    ++      
 +; ::        :+    :;          ;+++ ++   :;:++++     
 +;:++: ;+;    +; ;++++          ;+  :+;  +++;  +++   
 +;:+++ +++;   ;; ;++++;  :;;;;       :+;;+      :+;  
 ;+ ++; ;++;   ;;  ;++++; +++++         ++; :++;  +;  
 ;+  :   ;+    +; ;+++++; +++++             +;;+: :+  
  ++:         :+  ++++++; +++++:           :+  ;++++: 
   +++;;:::;;++;  ++++++; :++++:           :+    :::  
    :;++++++;::    +++++:  ++++            ++         
         +:         ++++   :;:            ++          
         +:         :;;:         ;:     :+;           
         +:                     ;:;+;;;;+;            
         ;+                    +:  ::+++              
         ;+: :               :+     : ;+              
         +;+;;:            :++     ;++;+              
         +  ;++       ;   ++++;:  ++::;               
        :+   ;+:     ;+ ;+++;:++; ++                  
        +;  ;++;    ;++++; +;;++;+::                  
       +;  ;+ :+   :+;     :++: ++                    
       +  :+: :+   +;                                 
      :+   +  +;  ++                                  
      ;+ ;++  +:  ;+                                  
     :+ :+:   +:  ;+                                  
   ;++; +:    +; ;+:                                  
   +;   +     +;;+:                                   
  ;+ :  ;;   ++ +:                                    
  ++;   +:  +;  +:                                    
  :++:;++  ;+:  +;       =;= /:==; /:;=               
   ;+++;   +;:  +:                                    
           +;  ;+                                     
           ;+++;:                                     
             ::                                       

I think the resolution I had my DOS window at when I took the screengrab
affected the resize slightly, but you can make out the cow after resize ok so
now all we need is a program that can do this! I might have a go, I`ve already
made the first part of it (Put ascii art on screen as picture) in my ASC2PIC
program.



|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

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From: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins)
Subject: Re: Ascii-art resizer!
Date: 1998/08/05
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