Answer: How to make ansi, text on yellow background

joe...@microserve.net wrote:

: > I'm sending Jussi a copy of this by mail, but am posting in case anyone
: > else is interested in the info:

: > There is a shareware program out there called ANSIartist that I used
: > to draw a screen for a BBS.  The last version I saw was art25.zip and
: > I got it off the net.  (If you can't find it, but you can receive
: > encoded mail, let me know and I can send you a copy...)  I used it to
: > draw yellow characters on a blue background.


: The original user is asking about Yellow Background.  That can't be
: done in Ansi, not as far as I know.  Bright background colors are not
: supported.

: One way he may get around that, depending on what his flag looks like <g>
: is to create the flag ( a rectangle ) consisting of Yellow Foreground.
: Then put in the foreground on background text colors.

: That might not look to good, but that's the best he can do if he
: insists on Bright Background colors.

 Right the latter one is true. Anyway, the problem's already solved.
 A white flag on blue background with red/yellow text on it.
 Using blue as background somhow makes it look almost ok. And this is a bit
 easier than re-doing the whole ANSI-standar ;))
 I would like to thank all of you anyways :)

-jussi (jui...@sci.fi)