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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 1 Dec 1996.
Re: formatting advice needed

Re: formatting advice needed

In article <01bbde6e$7e82f0e0$adb0cbc0@earthcare>, Hans Erken
<ear...@peg.apc.org> writes
>
>Can anyone give me some basic rules to follow that will keep my format
>stable?  I suspect I have to adhere to a minimum line length or something.


 Seventy character line length (max); maybe 2 or 3 less.
Use a typewriter font like COURIER uniformly on your newsreader,
editor&c



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   "Consciousness is a product of the brain no more & no less
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From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: formatting advice needed
Date: 1996/12/01
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