Help with making ASCII

Hi there,

I have a whole lot of letters written in ASCII but how do i paste them 
together? Do u have to use a special editor? If so what kind?

eg I want to write NAM but how? I have these letters
 ______  
Y   _  \Y
|   |   |
|   |   |
|   |   |
l___|   l
'   `---'
 _______ 
Y   _   Y
|   l   |
|   _   |
|   |   |
l___|   |
    `---'
 ___ ___ 
Y   Y   Y
|       |
|  \_/  |
|   |   |
l___|   l
    `---'
Now how will I stick them side by side? 

Also.. How do people make those cool ASCII drawings? Is there some special 
program that they use? Is there some special editor? Can anyone help me out 
here.. 

Thanks for your help :-))

Nelson
nig...@netspace.net.au <-- please send replies to my email address thanks :))))

In article <56k8jr$nh9$1...@otis.netspace.net.au>, Nelson
<nig...@netspace.net.au> writes
> _______ 
>Y   _   Y
>|   l   |
>|   _   |
>|   |   |
>l___|   |
>    `---'
> ___ ___ 
>Y   Y   Y
>|       |
>|  \_/  |
>|   |   |
>l___|   l
>    `---'
>Now how will I stick them side by side? 

There's a thing called an figlet ascii-font program
writes text out cii fonts. Or.some text editors
will move columns of text. Or, you end up using
cut and paste (or copying by hand) line by line...
it's best to have a reference vertical column e.g.
add a column of colons if the object to the left
had no clear vertical edge.


                                                            
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n> I have a whole lot of letters written in ASCII but how do i paste them
n> together? Do u have to use a special editor? If so what kind?

 No, it's just simple... There are two ways
 1) The 'easy' way:
        Just redraw the stuff side by side, you've an simple ascii-editor
        and a simple text...
 2) The 'Windoze' way
         Just cut and paste (I don't like this way)

n> eg I want to write NAM but how? I have these letters
n>  ______
n> Y   _  \Y
n> |   |   |
n> |   |   |
n> |   |   |
n> l___|   l
n> '   `---'
n>  _______
n> Y   _   Y
n> |   l   |
n> |   _   |
n> |   |   |
n> l___|   |
n>     `---'
n>  ___ ___
n> Y   Y   Y
n> |       |
n> |  \_/  |
n> |   |   |
n> l___|   l
n>     `---'
n> Now how will I stick them side by side?

 Just like this....
   ______          ___ ___
  |   _  \ _______|   Y   |
  |   I   Y   _   Y       |
  |   |   |   I   |  \_/  |
  |   |   |   _   |   |   |
  |___l   |   |   |   l___|
      `---l___|   l---'
              `---'
  Take an simple editor and redraw them (I added some minor changes too)

n> Also.. How do people make those cool ASCII drawings? Is there some
n> special program that they use? Is there some special editor? Can anyone
n> help me out here..

 Just every editor works great. I use Aurora, Boxer, Edit or the internal
 editor of Crosspoint (my mailer-software). What do you need more than a
 screen, a keyboard and an idea?


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