Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 8 Nov 1999.
"alt symbols"
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· 12 messages · 8 Nov 1999 - 10 Nov 1999
is there some program/list of those Alt+xxxx symbols for the _AMERICAN_ keyboard? not charmap. soyourner: ,-.-(==> |o| """lka -- Lauri Kangas - 39143317 <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> ----------------------- "I don't care WHO you are but your not walking on the water while I'm fishing"
Lauri Kangas wrote: > > is there some program/list of those Alt+xxxx symbols > for the _AMERICAN_ keyboard? > not charmap. > > soyourner: > ,-.-(==> > |o| > """lka > -- > Lauri Kangas - 39143317 > <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> > ----------------------- > "I don't care WHO you > are but your not walking > on the water while > I'm fishing" the alt+xxxx symbols vary from font to font and the only way to see the alt+xxxx chars for the font you want to see is to use charmap or just sit there typing them in one at a time. You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone elses system when they arent using the same font you are using. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Lauri Kangas wrote: > > Krogg kirjoitti viestiss� <382...@gtcom.net>... > > >You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars > >unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die > >if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making > >something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care > >if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone > >elses system when they arent using the same font you > >are using. > > The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. > > I remember that there was a list of ascii symbols in the faq? What looks like you want is the dos character set. You can download this small(4kb) tsr that will show you all the dos characters from my site. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/storage/asc.zip run the program and tap the [alt] key twice and use the arrows to scroll up and down in the list. Be Cool, Krogg. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Nate / DAC wrote: > > > the alt+xxxx symbols vary from font to font and the only > > way to see the alt+xxxx chars for the font you want to see > > is to use charmap or just sit there typing them in one > > at a time. > > > > You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars > > unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die > > if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making > > something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care > > if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone > > elses system when they arent using the same font you > > are using. > > OK Krogg.. Now I know you're the master of the run-on sentance! > > ObAscii: > > .._ > | ~~-. _......._ > | -. ~~~~~~~~~~~-._____ > | -- (-) (-) ___|= > | -~ ____d_____.---' > |__.--' `-------' > > An automatic transmission. And damn proud of it! Thats a good impression of a transmission too. Obascii: %%%%% /%%%%%%% /%%;% \ \\ /`.%%\`.Y \\ `-^\\ \_\ \ \ \\_ \\ ,' \ \/ + `. o; `-^ A crotch with male organs. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
> the alt+xxxx symbols vary from font to font and the only > way to see the alt+xxxx chars for the font you want to see > is to use charmap or just sit there typing them in one > at a time. > > You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars > unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die > if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making > something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care > if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone > elses system when they arent using the same font you > are using. OK Krogg.. Now I know you're the master of the run-on sentance! ObAscii: .._ | ~~-. _......._ | -. ~~~~~~~~~~~-._____ | -- (-) (-) ___|= | -~ ____d_____.---' |__.--' `-------' An automatic transmission. -- ___________________________________________________________________ / _ _ _|_ _ _| _ _ Specializing in Commodore 64/128 Material \ ) |/ \`_| | /_)/ |`_|/ ' AT southwind DOT net ( \_|__j(_|_\_.\_.\_|(_|\_. http://www2.southwind.net/~natedac _______/
Krogg kirjoitti viestiss� <382...@gtcom.net>... >You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars >unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die >if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making >something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care >if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone >elses system when they arent using the same font you >are using. The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. I remember that there was a list of ascii symbols in the faq? -- Lauri Kangas - 39143317 <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> ----------------------- "I don't care WHO you are but your not walking on the water while I'm fishing"
In article <808ht5$lsj$1...@news.kolumbus.fi>, "Lauri Kangas" <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> wrote: > > Krogg kirjoitti viestiss� <382...@gtcom.net>... > > >You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars > >unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die > >if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making > >something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care > >if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone > >elses system when they arent using the same font you > >are using. > > The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. > > I remember that there was a list of ascii symbols in the faq? Lauri, you just proved Krogg's point. Do not press �. It isn't a standard ASCII-character. Examine the chart carefully. Note that there are no characters that look like � � � � � � � � or any other letters with accents. ====================================== } ASCII Character Chart for Dummies { ====================================== }| This chart should be symmetrical.|{ }| If it isn't, change your font |{ }| til the i's and the m's line up. |{ }| |{ }| iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii |{ }| mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |{ }| |{ }| SP ! " # $ % & ' |{ }| ( ) * + , - . / |{ }| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |{ }| 8 9 : ; < = > ? |{ }| @ A B C D E F G |{ }| H I J K L M N O |{ }| P Q R S T U V W |{ }| X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ |{ }| ` a b c d e f g |{ }| h i j k l m n o |{ }| p q r s t u v w |{ }| x y z { | } ~ |{ }| |{ }| SP stands for Space bar |{ }| |{ }| No, no, no, you MUSTN'T use |{ }| ones that are not on the chart |{ }| if you are going to post your |{ }| creations in the |{ }| newsgroup alt.ascii-art! |{ }| |{ ====================================== These are the characters from #32 to #126 Still confused? Read the FAQ. This FAQ is regularly posted to news:alt.ascii-art and news:alt.ascii-art.animation. It is also available at the following locations. * http://martweb.hypermart.net/aaafaq/aaafaq.txt * http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm * http://artpacks.acid.org/faqs/faq-altasciiart.html * http://vibes.vossnet.co.uk/i/ighaig/ascfaq.htm * http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html * http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/FAQ.html NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- llizard aka ejm cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ,^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ===%^^7^^^^7^^^^ http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/
> The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. DOS does whatever keyboard you have it set up to , and if you have'nt changed that to finnish it will show it in it's default - american. I have my DOS set to Danish and pressing an � gives me an �. But if you're making text art for a DOS game you migth want to use MORE than just plain ascii - DOS have so many good drawing character you can use. You can see many of theese with charmap (viewing the font called terminal .. ie DOS) but it will not show you characters before alt+032 .. and thoose characters are really good for DOS drawing. And its display is too small and the interface is not too good either. I use a freeware program called Character Map Pro .. It's imho the best fontviewer there is. I can mail it to you if you'd like, or post it on a ftp. I also know there's an old TSR DOS program called RAT - Resident Ascii Table that does the trick too .. I used to have it but deleted it because i seldom do dos drawings .. and because i could'nt run it under windows. Kind Regards CeeJay No wait i'll refrase that - I mail it too you if you draw me a new mushroom ;) -- When I was young we did'nt ,---. _,-=-._ ,-- have websites like this. | | ,' _____ `. .---------------------------. | | '=(-o=o-)=' ( ~ CeeJay Central ~ ) \,(O)./ \(_)/ ( http://CeeJay.marmoset.net/ ) (-o-o-) )"( '---------------------------' \(_)/ """ When I was young we did'nt --' )"( even have electricity! """
In article <382...@earthling.net>, Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote: > > llizard wrote: > > Lauri Kangas <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> wrote: > > > Krogg wrote: > > > > You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars [snip] > > > The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our > > > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN > > > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. > > > > Lauri, you just proved Krogg's point. Do not press �. It isn't a > > standard ASCII-character. > > M|ybe L|ur} w|nts to h|ve some text }n F}nn}sh }n h}s g|me. Then not > us}ng the letter � m}ght ru}n the whole pl|y}ng exper}ence by not be}ng > |ble to use cert|}n letters (� }s | letter }n the Swed}sh |nd F}nn}sh > |lph|bets). The quest}on does seem | b}t off-top}c }n th}s group though, > s}nce we spec}f}c|lly do *not* w|nt to use those ch|r|cters. M|ybe | > group th|t spec}f}es on DOS m}ght h|ve | more useful |nswer... I was under the impression that Lauri was asking about the ASCII-art that is used in the game. It didn't even occur to me to imagine that the question had NOTHING at all to do with ASCII-art. obASCIIart: ________ / \ /_ ___ _ _\ |(_` | / \|_)| |._) | \_/| | \ / \________/ || /|| / || ,^^%--- <\ \ Here is an 'alt symbol if you are Cockney.... < \ < ^^|\ ejm // NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- |_ |_ | 7_ /\ |2 |) /\ |< /\ [ _| ||| cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ha ,^ http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ha / " "
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 09:17:25 -0600, Nate / DAC <nat...@southwind.net> provoked the following text: >ObAscii: > >.._ >| ~~-. _......._ >| -. ~~~~~~~~~~~-._____ >| -- (-) (-) ___|= >| -~ ____d_____.---' >|__.--' `-------' > >An automatic transmission. Looks more like a Coke-bottle to me... -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Don't count the days, make the days count.
> Obascii: %%%%% /%%%%%%% /%%;% \ \\ /`.%%\`.Y \\ `-^\\ \_\ \ \ \\_ \\ ,' \ \/ + `. o; `-^ > A crotch with male organs. I rediddled the head slightly %%%%% /%%%%%%% /%%;% \ \\ /`.%%\`.Y \\ `-'\\ \_\ \ \ \\_ \\ ,' \ \/ % `. \; `-' A crotch with male organs.
llizard wrote: > Lauri Kangas <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> wrote: ## > > Krogg wrote: > > >You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars > > >unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die > > >if you cant use them <snip> > > > > The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our > > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN > > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something. > > Lauri, you just proved Krogg's point. Do not press �. It isn't a > standard ASCII-character. M|ybe L|ur} w|nts to h|ve some text }n F}nn}sh }n h}s g|me. Then not us}ng the letter � m}ght ru}n the whole pl|y}ng exper}ence by not be}ng |ble to use cert|}n letters (� }s | letter }n the Swed}sh |nd F}nn}sh |lph|bets). The quest}on does seem | b}t off-top}c }n th}s group though, s}nce we spec}f}c|lly do *not* w|nt to use those ch|r|cters. M|ybe | group th|t spec}f}es on DOS m}ght h|ve | more useful |nswer... -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
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