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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 16 Jul 1999.
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my first ascii pic...

my first ascii pic...

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 16 Jul 1999 - 17 Jul 1999
Ruler <joo...@cheerful.com> 16 Jul 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
It's rather stupid.. but here is a turnip. I don't know how to finish it
off... not enough imagination. Can someone finish it off for me and give
me some ideas?

 )`'^'`(
 |     |
  \   /
   ~|~
    |

wait... it looks different from the one I made on Notepad (I just did
copy and paste only)....the tilde is not on the top?
Also, I think I don't have all the ascii characters from my keyboard..
eg. on the tilde button, I find a double quotation mark, 2 open and
close single quoatation mark. But there's no way that I can type it out
except the ~
Is there special command to type out other ascii characters?

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 17 Jul 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:17:43 GMT, Ruler posted:
|It's rather stupid.. but here is a turnip. I don't know how to finish it
|off... not enough imagination. Can someone finish it off for me and give
|me some ideas?
|
| )`'^'`(
| |     |
|  \   /
|   ~|~
|    |
|
|wait... it looks different from the one I made on Notepad (I just did
|copy and paste only)....the tilde is not on the top?
|Also, I think I don't have all the ascii characters from my keyboard..
|eg. on the tilde button, I find a double quotation mark, 2 open and
|close single quoatation mark. But there's no way that I can type it out
|except the ~
|Is there special command to type out other ascii characters?
'--------------------------------------

Just a few little tweaks...

 )`'-'`(
 |     |
  \   /
   "|"
    |   Ruler


Explanation
-----------

^ and ~ display differently depending on the font used. Sometimes they are
stuck to the top of the character box, while in other fonts they can be in
the middle. Therefore I tend to avoid them unless I'm using them for shape.
For position, " is near enough equal to ~, and A makes a good up arrow when
the whole box needs to be used. For a small arrow at the top of the box,
there isn't really any suitable character other than ^, but use with care.
I also added a credit to you.

Regards,
-Martin
|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

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