Re: Webpage asciifont

In article <3ab...@news.onemain.com>, SheDragon wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:22:00 GMT, mar...@telia.com.deletethis
>wrote:
>
>>Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
>>webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?
>>Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?
>
>You need the <pre> tags no matter what font you use. I like fixedsys
>font. 

Right.  For more details, read Eli's post in this thread.  I'd like to
add one word of caution:  The "obvious" solution:

  <pre><font face="Fixedsys"> :-( </font></pre>

..is technically incorrect, since the HTML standard forbids font tags
inside pre.  More importantly, I just recently heard reports of some
browsers ignoring the pre tags in such a construct, with rather ugly
results.  The proper solution would be:

  <pre style="font: Fixedsys, monospaced;"> :-) </pre>

..or even better, using a full CSS style sheet:

  PRE.asciiart {
    font: 12pt/12pt bold Topaz New, terminal, monospaced;
    color: green;  /* why not, while we're at it? */
  }

..so that you can simply write:

  <pre class=asciiart> :-) </pre>


>>Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
>>using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?

As Eli said, just replace & with &amp; and < with &lt;

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