Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Oct 1999.
show me a better one, please
alt.ascii-art
· 12 messages · 3 Oct 1999 - 18 Oct 1999
Hello,
I'm a stupid newbie. Can anybody help me to get a better one?
This is made with Courier in notepad. Outlook Express shows it incorrectly.
I hope you can see it.
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| _______ |
| / - - \ |
| | �|� | |
| | \-/ | |
| \_______/ |
|___________| __
_____/__\______ / |
| ____ ___ |\ / |
| � � | \_/ (|)
| ���[] | (_)
|_______________|
PC-Unterricht/Beratung
e-mail: pro...@hanse-net.de
Use a different font with all letters the same didstance... Like Courier, Courier New, Fixedsytem font or something like that...
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:56:30 +0200, A. Proepping (pro...@hanse-net.de) wrote: : This is made with Courier in notepad. Outlook Express shows it incorrectly. : I hope you can see it. I see it just fine. But those "�" thingies aren't proper ASCII characters, you know. Here, I've fixed it for you: : ___________ : | _______ | : | / - - \ | : | | '|' | | : | | \-/ | | : | \_______/ | : |___________| __ : _____/__\______ / | : | ____ ___ |\ / | : | ' ' | \_/ (|) : | '''[] | (_) : |_______________| -- Ilmari Karonen http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
Thanks a lot. Do you have a better idea? I need it for presentation (head of a letter). A friend of mine said "it's not enough serious(ly?). Excuse my English. Anja -- PC-Unterricht/Beratung e-mail: pro...@hanse-net.de Ilmari Karonen <use...@itz.pp.sci.fi> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 7t9v19$304$1...@tron.sci.fi... > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:56:30 +0200, A. Proepping (pro...@hanse-net.de) wrote: > : This is made with Courier in notepad. Outlook Express shows it incorrectly. > : I hope you can see it. > > I see it just fine. But those "�" thingies aren't proper ASCII > characters, you know. Here, I've fixed it for you: > > : ___________ > : | _______ | > : | / - - \ | > : | | '|' | | > : | | \-/ | | > : | \_______/ | > : |___________| __ > : _____/__\______ / | > : | ____ ___ |\ / | > : | ' ' | \_/ (|) > : | '''[] | (_) > : |_______________| > > -- > Ilmari Karonen > http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:56:30 +0200, "A. Proepping" <pro...@hanse-net.de> provoked the following text: >Hello, >I'm a stupid newbie. Can anybody help me to get a better one? >This is made with Courier in notepad. Outlook Express shows it incorrectly. >I hope you can see it. > ___________ > | _______ | > | / - - \ | > | | �|� | | > | | \-/ | | > | \_______/ | > |___________| __ > _____/__\______ / | > | ____ ___ |\ / | > | � � | \_/ (|) > | ���[] | (_) > |_______________| Es seht sehr gut aus! Never mind what it looks like in OE. But set your proportional font to Courier New (12 pt. or so) and it should look okay in OE. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Everyone has the right to my opinion.
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 22:42:48 +0200, "A. Proepping" <pro...@hanse-net.de> wrote: >Thanks a lot. Do you have a better idea? I need it for presentation (head of >a letter). A friend of mine said "it's not enough serious(ly?). Excuse my >English. >Anja __ ..=====.. |==| || || |= | _ || || |^*| _ |=| o=,===,=o |__||=| |_| _______)~`) |_| [=======] () ldb __,,--``\\ _,,-''`` \\ , '----------_.------'-.___|\__ _.--''`` `)__ )__ @\__ ( .. ''---/___,,E/__,E'------` `-''`'' ldb http://members.xoom.com/ldb/fireone.htm
Peter Punk <ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: eAr...@4ax.com... > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:56:30 +0200, "A. Proepping" <pro...@hanse-net.de> > provoked the following text: > > > Es seht sehr gut aus! Never mind what it looks like in OE. > > But set your proportional font to Courier New (12 pt. or so) and it should > look okay in OE. > -- > Peter Punk > \ / > ---\\\\--- > / \ > > Everyone has the right to my opinion. Danke Dir, Peter. Arial was set in my OE installation. Now it's fine. Anja
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:50:49 +0200, "A. Proepping" <pro...@hanse-net.de> provoked the following text: >> Es seht sehr gut aus! Never mind what it looks like in OE. >> But set your proportional font to Courier New (12 pt. or so) and it should >> look okay in OE. > >Danke Dir, Peter. Keine dank, es war mich ein vergnuegen :-) >Arial was set in my OE installation. Now it's fine. Ah, great! But if yopu're looking for a really great newsreader, try Forte Agent. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Whenever I take a long hard look at myself, I suddenly have a lot less difficuly with others. - Henk Hoogerheide
On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 01:11:27 +0200 ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) found it necessary to say: >>Arial was set in my OE installation. Now it's fine. > >Ah, great! But if yopu're looking for a really great newsreader, try Forte >Agent. Yeah, try Agent. It's the best. Peter and me are two walking billboards for Agent. We also get payed by them. :-) -- groetings, Rand ICQ#:32336803 (\---/) (\---/) ( � � ) ( � � ) ----���--x--���---- & ----���--x--���---- � Taz '98 (remove ".geenspam" to reply by e-mail) There is no God, and Mary is His mother.
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:52:00 GMT, "(-: Rand :-)" <ran...@chello.nl> provoked the following text: >>>Arial was set in my OE installation. Now it's fine. >>Ah, great! But if yopu're looking for a really great newsreader, try Forte >>Agent. >Yeah, try Agent. It's the best. Peter and me are two walking >billboards for Agent. We also get payed by them. :-) LOL!!! I wish... :-) -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Computer programmers do it byte by byte.
.----- On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:52:00 GMT, Rand posted: | |On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 01:11:27 +0200 ppu...@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter |Punk) found it necessary to say: | |>>Arial was set in my OE installation. Now it's fine. |> |>Ah, great! But if yopu're looking for a really great newsreader, try Forte |>Agent. | |Yeah, try Agent. It's the best. Peter and me are two walking |billboards for Agent. We also get payed by them. :-) '------------------------------- And I'm an unpaid walking billboard for Free Agent... It's a stripped down version of Agent, but it has everything you need for casual newsreading. I use it ... it's fine... (and free!) ObASCII... .------------------------------------------------. | Outlook Explode [_][O] [X]| |-------------------------------------------+----| |.-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. |mga | ||WRITE| |SEND.| | GET | | DEL | |EXIT | | mga| |'-----' '-----' '-----' '-----' '-----' +----| |------------------------------------------------| |Outlook Expl|||From |Subject |Recieved | | - InBox.-----------------------------. | | - OutBo| Warning [X]|---------| | - Sent |-----------------------------| | | - Draft| Sending messages with this | | | + news.| program makes messages |---------| | o alt| look crap to anyone not | | | o alt| using it | | | | .-----------. .---------. | | | | |Send Anyway| |Uninstall| | | | '-+-----------+--+---------+--' | | | | | | | |------------------------------------------------| |Ready. [?]| '------------------------------------------------' Kind Regards, -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:15:08 GMT, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: >.------------------------------------------------. >| Outlook Explode [_][O] [X]| >|-------------------------------------------+----| >|.-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. .-----. |mga | >||WRITE| |SEND.| | GET | | DEL | |EXIT | | mga| >|'-----' '-----' '-----' '-----' '-----' +----| >|------------------------------------------------| >|Outlook Expl|||From |Subject |Recieved | >| - InBox.-----------------------------. | >| - OutBo| Warning [X]|---------| >| - Sent |-----------------------------| | >| - Draft| Sending messages with this | | >| + news.| program makes messages |---------| >| o alt| look crap to anyone not | | >| o alt| using it | | >| | .-----------. .-----------. | | >| | |Send Anyway| |Send Anyway| | | >| '-+-----------+-+-----------+-' | >| | | >| | | >|------------------------------------------------| >|Ready. [?]| >'------------------------------------------------' Shouldn't it rather look like that :-)) -- Universal CBM, PEZ, and TI-calc nut, Scout, Glider pilot, "Student" Email: vjo...@sci.fi, URL: http://www.sci.fi/~vjouppi/ GSM: +358-40-5679999, IRCNet: Jope "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.
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