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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 28 Sep 2000.
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alt.ascii-art · 26 messages · 28 Sep 2000 - 8 Oct 2000
bill <air...@banet.net> 28 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Hi all, trying to figure out what to set fonts at to see all the pictures it
seemalot just dont look right in this newgroups..any help will greatly
apperacited thanks

Bill

Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> ASCII art 29 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
NessThirteen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:09:38 -0400, "bill" <air...@banet.net> wrote:
> 
> >Hi all, trying to figure out what to set fonts at to see all the pictures it
> >seemalot just dont look right in this newgroups..any help will greatly
> >apperacited thanks
> 
>  Ok first of all, what are you using? Usenet? Free Agent (what I use)? Deja.Com?


Usenet?.....Usenet?.......did you ask if he was using Usenet?....
HAHAHAHA      ha ha ha hahahahahah........

Obascii:

[Q]-[O]
   =

You are  bien wachetd.....an you shud gets phear on that.



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MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 29 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
>Ok first of all, what are you using? Usenet? Free Agent (what I use)? Deja.Com?
>I'm not sure what you do with Usenet or Deja (the ASCII pics never came in right
>on Deja). Try to find a setting that's something like "Fixed Pitch Font". A
>Fixed Pitch Font is a font like Courier New, the font you use in Windows
>Notepad. Hope I've helped you in some way.

yes, you did help him. he's got OE...

big brother's watching your headers, GNS user... ;)

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NessThirteen <nes...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 29 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:26:20 +0300, MaraZ <maraz*nospam*@saunalahti.fi> wrote:

>yes, you did help him.
                                      _
 You're kidding! That's a first.  \o |_)
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NessThirteen wrote:
> (the ASCII pics never came in right on Deja).
> 

You have a URL like this:

http://www.deja.com/some_stuff_here

Change that to:

http://www.deja.com/=dnc/some_stuff_here
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NessThirteen <nes...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 29 Sep 2000 05:01 · permalink · report
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:09:38 -0400, "bill" <air...@banet.net> wrote:

>Hi all, trying to figure out what to set fonts at to see all the pictures it
>seemalot just dont look right in this newgroups..any help will greatly
>apperacited thanks

 Ok first of all, what are you using? Usenet? Free Agent (what I use)? Deja.Com?
I'm not sure what you do with Usenet or Deja (the ASCII pics never came in right
on Deja). Try to find a setting that's something like "Fixed Pitch Font". A
Fixed Pitch Font is a font like Courier New, the font you use in Windows
Notepad. Hope I've helped you in some way.

Kyle Matthews (NessThirteen)

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bill <air...@banet.net> 30 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
 I'm using outlook express and it seems one side is ok but the right side is
all off so what fonts seting is everyone using..thanks

"bill" <air...@banet.net> wrote in message
news:39d...@news1.prserv.net...
> Hi all, trying to figure out what to set fonts at to see all the pictures
it
> seemalot just dont look right in this newgroups..any help will greatly
> apperacited thanks
>
> Bill
>
>

MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 30 Sep 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
use fixedsys

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NessThirteen <nes...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 30 Sep 2000 01:52 · permalink · report
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:50:35 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>You have a URL like this:
>
>http://www.deja.com/some_stuff_here
>
>Change that to:
>
>http://www.deja.com/=dnc/some_stuff_here
>                    ^^^^^
>              .----'     `---.
>             ( see this part? )

 Oh... I hate Deja anyway. =P
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MaraZ wrote:

> use fixedsys

The only good thing in fixedsys is that it shows the ~ in the right
place, unlike Courier. 
i.e. _.-~ looks right in fixedsys, but to get the same result in
courier, you must use _.-"

 



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spu...@my-deja.com ASCII art 1 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <qu4...@4ax.com>,
> The only good thing in fixedsys is that it shows the ~ in the right
> place, unlike Courier.

That's the *only* good thing about fixedsys?
Oh, oh.. if so, perhaps I ought to start creating my
ASCII art using another non-proportional font!

BTW, AOL is not showing _any_ alt.ascii-art posts.
I'm resorting to deja...  I hope this works.

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Lauri Kangas wrote:
>...
> The only good thing in fixedsys is that it shows the ~ in the right
> place, unlike Courier.
> i.e. _.-~ looks right in fixedsys, but to get the same result in
> courier, you must use _.-"
>...

Calling the top of the line the `right' place for a tilde is misguided
at best, and flamebait at worst. It makes sense to put a tilde at the
top of the line when it is part of another character, but when it is by
itself neither the top nor the middle of the line is inherently the
`right' place to put it.

Indeed the venerable Concise Oxford Dictionary used to use the tilde as
a short way of repeating the main word of an entry, and when they did so
they put it in the middle of the line.

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Stef <ste...@inria.fr> ASCII art 3 Oct 2000 01:13 · permalink · report
In article <39D...@student.canterbury.ac.nz>,
  Matthew Thomas <mpt...@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Lauri Kangas wrote:
> >...
> > The only good thing in fixedsys is that it shows the ~ in the right
> > place, unlike Courier.
> > i.e. _.-~ looks right in fixedsys, but to get the same result in
> > courier, you must use _.-"
> >...
>
> Calling the top of the line the `right' place for a tilde is misguided
> at best, and flamebait at worst. It makes sense to put a tilde at the
> top of the line when it is part of another character, but when it is
by
> itself neither the top nor the middle of the line is inherently the
> `right' place to put it.
>
> Indeed the venerable Concise Oxford Dictionary used to use the tilde
as
> a short way of repeating the main word of an entry, and when they did
so
> they put it in the middle of the line.

I guess that ascii pics should made such as any fixed width font
displays them correctly ... It's better to keep in mind that a few
characters may vary depending on the font (such as ~ or ').

The '~' is good for the wavy effect (to draw water or a small flag for
instance) but not good for diagonal lines.

  Stef

Obascii : man on a raft with a flag ...


    ~|       HELP !
     |  \0/
     |   |
     |  / \
~~~ oooooooo ~~~
 ~~ ~~~  ~~ ~




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spu...@my-deja.com wrote:
 
> That's the *only* good thing about fixedsys?
> Oh, oh.. if so, perhaps I ought to start creating my
> ASCII art using another non-proportional font!

Well, perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. Let's just say that I
don't like fixedsys the way I like courier :)





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Matthew Thomas wrote:
> It makes sense to put a tilde at the
> top of the line when it is part of another character, but when it is by
> itself neither the top nor the middle of the line is inherently the
> `right' place to put it.

That's right indeed, but I'm talking about ascii-artists who draw
their diagonal lines using tildes like this: __..--~~ 
Now that doesn't look diagonal to me, infact it looks 
like a crocodile :D

And I definently don't like MaraZ's way using � in diagonal lines ;P





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Hi Lauri,..

Lauri Kangas <awe...@awef.invalid> schrieb folgendes:

>That's right indeed, but I'm talking about ascii-artists who draw
>their diagonal lines using tildes like this: __..--~~ 
                                              12345678 
What about drawing this like:
                ___
        ___.---'
___.---'
1234567812345678... and so on...

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>And I definently don't like MaraZ's way using � in diagonal lines ;P

yah, that's not ascii. got it right now.

__..--""

better? :)

ObAscii:



|              |
:.            .:
'':-,.____.,-:'' mrz

a crappy vert ramp :D

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Lauri Kangas <awe...@mbnet.fi.invalid> ASCII art 5 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
MaraZ wrote:

> ObAscii:
> 
> 
> 
> |              |
> :.            .:
> '':-,.____.,-:'' mrz
> 
> a crappy vert ramp :D

ObAscii:
                                      
                                      
 A guy doing handplant nosegrab in a vwert ramp
                             _
                            /|/     
                           '_|     
 _____                       o\_____       
|     |                       |     |      
|     :                       ;     |      
|      \                     /      |      
|       `.                 .'       |      
|         `-.___________.-'         |
|                                   |                                       
                                      



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MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 6 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
> A guy doing handplant nosegrab in a vwert ramp

that's me :)
                          

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Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> ASCII art 6 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Hi,

>  A guy doing handplant nosegrab in a vwert ramp
>                              _
>                             /|/
>                            '_|
>  _____                       o\_____
> |     |                       |     |
> |     :                       ;     |
> |      \                     /      |
> |       `.                 .'       |
> |         `-.___________.-'         |
> |                                   |

I rrrrrrrrrreally like this one!
(Do more, do more, do more...)
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MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 6 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
The same guy a month later

    ___
 .:'   '.
 || RIP |
 ||     o * O
 ||     |\|/
""""""""""'" mrz


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Lauri Kangas <lau...@awef.invalid> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
Yorck Babinsky wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >  A guy doing handplant nosegrab in a vwert ramp
> >                              _
> >                             /|/
> >                            '_|
> >  _____                       o\_____
> > |     |                       |     |
> > |     :                       ;     |
> > |      \                     /      |
> > |       `.                 .'       |
> > |         `-.___________.-'         |
> > |lka                                |
> 
> I rrrrrrrrrreally like this one!
> (Do more, do more, do more...)

                                            
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              /\                            
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    |           '.                          
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MaraZ <mar...@saunalahti.fi> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report
5-0 grind on a ground rail



    __O_.
      |
      |\ .
     -.-'"     
 -----"-------------------
 |                      | mrz
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

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     mrz   '--------------------------------------------------'

MaraZ wrote:

> 5-0 grind on a ground rail
> 
> 
> 
>     __O_.
>       |
>       |\ .
>      -.-'"     
>  -----"-------------------
>  |                      | mrz
> """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

My version of the 5-0:

Subject: PIC: One New Skateboarder
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 23:16:36 +0300
Message-ID: <qn0...@4ax.com>



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Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> ASCII art 7 Oct 2000 00:00 · permalink · report

MaraZ schrieb:
> 
> 5-0 grind on a ground rail
> 
>     __O_.
>       |
>       |\ .
>  ___ -.-'"_______________
>  |    "����                 |
>  |                      | mrz
> """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Now it�s smithgrind...
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  ~       \\

On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 22:57:51 +0200, Yorck Babinsky <yog...@gmx.de> provoked
the following text:

>> 5-0 grind on a ground rail
>> 
>>     __O_.
>>       |
>>       |\ .
>>  ___ -.-'"_______________
>>  |    "����                 |
>>  |                      | mrz
>> """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>Now it�s smithgrind...
                          .
                      -.-'"
  ______________o/________
  |         /|  \            |
  |                      | mrz
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Now it's a teethgrind... :-))
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        Peter Punk
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