Re: ascii
From Andrew Z Carpenter <and...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.yuk>
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· 14 Jan 2002 10:58 · View full thread
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> "Harry Mason" <spa...@no.spam> wrote in message > news:slr...@localhost.localdomain... > > > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:37:08 GMT, EC <inf...@ibzero.com> wrote: > > could someone make me an ascii banner in diff sizes ranging from > > 640x400 && 800x600 > > That's enormous for ascii-art. Most posters to this group create art > which is 80 characters wide or less. > > > on the banner: "ibzz" and another banner with "ibzero" > > I would normally suggest that you use FIGlet, which is a program to > convert text to ascii-art in a variety of fonts. However it is > unlikely that you find a FIGlet font so enormous. Probably the best > strategy to create such large art is to download an image to ascii > converter, create the picture in a painting package and convert it > to ascii-art. > > BTW you can find FIGlet at http://ianchai.50megs.com/figlet.html Yeah I agree, an 800x600 character banner would be huge. Perhaps this person has an arrangement of monitors, stacked 10 high by 24 wide, and wishes to display the art spread across all of them, assuming an 80x25 screen mode. It could be for some kind of public display. Andrew
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