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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Nov 1994.
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Line-talk: Mona Lisa

Line-talk: Mona Lisa

alt.ascii-art · 5 messages · 4 Nov 1994 - 11 Nov 1994
Richard Kirk <ra...@canon.co.uk> ASCII art 4 Nov 1994 12:59 · permalink
len...@xs4all.nl (lennert) writes:
>Both a post and a mail then ;)
>Here's the Mona you're looking for (I think):
>                         ____
>                       o8%8888,
>                     o88%8888888.
>                    8'-    -:8888b
>                   8'         8888
>                  d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
>                  >8 `~` :`~' d8888
>                  88         ,88888
>                  88b. `-~  ':88888
>                  888b ~==~ .:88888
>                  88888o--:':::8888
>                  `88888| :::: 8888b
>                  8888^^'       8888b  LS
>                 d888           ,%888b.
>                d88%            %%%8--'-.
>               /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
>                   '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

It's great on an X-window, but on OpenWindows the tilde is on a level with
the equals, making her look like she's just found something nasty in the
lemon she's sucking!  A weeny diddle at the corner of the mouth makes 
something that works (if mebbe not as well) on both windows.

                         ____
                       o8%8888,
                     o88%8888888.
                    8'-    -:8888b
                   8'         8888
                  d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
                  >8 `~` :`~' d8888
                  88         ,88888
                  88b. `-~  ':88888
                  888b `==' .:88888
                  88888o--:':::8888
                  `88888| :::: 8888b
                  8888^^'       8888b  LS
                 d888           ,%888b.
                d88%            %%%8--'-.
               /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
                   '''::===..-'   =  --.  `


--
Richard Kirk                                            01483-448869 (phone)
Senior Colour Researcher,                               01483-448845 (fax)
Canon Research Europe Ltd,                              ra...@canon.co.uk
20 Alan Turing Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5YF, UK.

lennert <len...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 4 Nov 1994 18:12 · permalink
Richard Kirk (ra...@canon.co.uk) writes:
>It's great on an X-window, but on OpenWindows the tilde is on a level with
>the equals, making her look like she's just found something nasty in the
>lemon she's sucking!  A weeny diddle at the corner of the mouth makes
>something that works (if mebbe not as well) on both windows.

What about this, how does it work on your screens ?
              ____                                  ____
            o8%8888,                              o8%8888,
          o88%8888888.                          o88%8888888.
         8'-    -:8888b                        8'-    -:8888b
        8'         8888                       8'         8888
       d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                     d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
       >8 `~` :`~' d8888                     >8 `"` :`"' d8888
       88         ,88888                     88         ,88888
       88b. `-~  ':88888                     88b. `-"  ':88888
       888b ~==~ .:88888                     888b "==" .:88888
       88888o--:':::8888                     88888o--:':::8888
       `88888| :::' 8888b                    `88888| :::' 8888b
       8888^^'       8888b  LS               8888^^'       8888b  LS
      d888           ,%888b.                d888           ,%888b.
     d88%            %%%8--'-.             d88%            %%%8--'-.
    /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -           /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
        '''::===..-'   =  --.  `              '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

            Original                                New



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         |\ | __   _ |___        _______  |                len...@xs4all.nl
  HHHH:: | \| | \  | |___  HHH:: |______  |  HHHHHHHHHHH
  HHHH::      |  \_|       HHH:: ______|   ::HHHHHHHHHHH

Brad <syb...@aber.ac.uk> ASCII art 5 Nov 1994 01:47 · permalink
On 4 Nov 1994, lennert wrote:

> What about this, how does it work on your screens ?
>               ____                                  ____
>             o8%8888,                              o8%8888,
>           o88%8888888.                          o88%8888888.
>          8'-    -:8888b                        8'-    -:8888b
>         8'         8888                       8'         8888
>        d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                     d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
>        >8 `~` :`~' d8888                     >8 `"` :`"' d8888
>        88         ,88888                     88         ,88888
>        88b. `-~  ':88888                     88b. `-"  ':88888
>        888b ~==~ .:88888                     888b "==" .:88888
>        88888o--:':::8888                     88888o--:':::8888
>        `88888| :::' 8888b                    `88888| :::' 8888b
>        8888^^'       8888b  LS               8888^^'       8888b  LS
>       d888           ,%888b.                d888           ,%888b.
>      d88%            %%%8--'-.             d88%            %%%8--'-.
>     /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -           /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
>         '''::===..-'   =  --.  `              '''::===..-'   =  --.  `
> 
>             Original                                New

	The original looks better for me. She looks as though she has a
Hitler moustache in the new version! :) The tilde definitely works better
for me here, anyway. 

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    +:+              +:+       +:+ +:+:+ +:+   +:+    +:+   :+:+:+  +:+   +:+
    +#++:++#        +#+       +#+  +:+  +#+   +#+    +:+   +#+ +:+ +#+   +#+
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lennert <len...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 5 Nov 1994 18:16 · permalink
You know, this could be the start of a whole new collection...
Something like:

           ____                              ____
         o8%8888,                          o8%8888,
       o88%8888888.                      o88%8888888.
      8'-    -:8888b                    8'-    -:8888b
     8'         8888                   8'         8888
    d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                 d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
    >8 `~` :`~' d8888                 >8 `=` :`=' d8888
    88         ,88888                 88         ,88888
    88b. `-~  ':88888                 88b` `--  ':88888
    888b ~==~ .:88888                 888b -==- .:88888
    88888o--:':::8888                 88888o--:':::8888
    `88888| :::' 8888b                `88888| :::' 8888b
    8888^^'       8888b               8888^^'       8888b
   d888           ,%888b.            d888           ,%888b.
  d88%            %%%8--'-.         d88%            %%%8--'-.
 /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -       /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
     '''::===..-'   =  --.  `          '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

      Normal Mona                      Depressed Mona

           ____                              ____
         o8%8888,                          o8%8888,
       o88%8888888.                      o88%8888888.
      8'-    -:8888b                    8'-    -:8888b
     8'         8888                   8'         8888
    d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                 d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
    >8`88P""88P'd8888                 >8 `~` :`~' d8888
    88         ,88888                 88         ,88888
    88b. `-~  ':88888                 88b. `-~  ':88888
    888b ~==~ .:88888                 888b .==. .:88888
    88888o--:':::8888                 88888o--:':::8888
    `88888| :::' 8888b                `88888| :::' 8888b
    8888^^'       8888b               8888^^'       8888b
   d888           ,%888b.            d888           ,%888b.
  d88%            %%%8--'-.         d88%            %%%8--'-.
 /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -       /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
     '''::===..-'   =  --.  `          '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

       Cool Mona                        Pouting Mona

           ____
         o8%8888,                          .-----.
       o88%8888888.                      .'       `.
      8'-    -:8888b                    .'..    :. `.
     8'         8888                   .'           |
    d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                  |.-=. ,==-.: |
    >8 `~` :`~' d8888                  | `~` :`~'   :
    88         ,88888                  `.        , :
    88b. `-~  ':88888                   `. `-~  '::|
    888b v=v~ .:88888                    `.~==~ .::|
    88888o--:':::8888                      `--:'::::
    `88888| :::' 8888b                      | :::' `.
    8888^^'       8888b                _.-""'        ~-.
   d888           ,%888b.            .':                `..
  d88%            %%%8--'-.         / .'               .--'-.
 /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -       /  :.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
     '''::===..-'   =  --.  `          '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

      Dracula Mona                      Sinead O' Mona
           ____                            .------.
         o8%8888,                         /        \
       o88%8888888.                     .' /  \     `.
  '   8'-    -:8888b             _______|____________|
 :   8'         8888              """""8""""""""""8888
` ' d8.-=. ,==-.:888b                 d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
 `  >8 `~` :`~' d8888                 >8 `~` :`~' d8888
`:: 88         ,88888                 88         ,88888
 `' 88b. `-~  ':88888                 88b. `-~  ':88888
  `eeeeeee==~ .:88888                 888b ~==~ .:88888
    88888o--:':::8888                 88888o--:':::8888
    `88888| :::' 8888b                `88888| :::' 8888b
    8888^^'       8888b               8888^^'       8888b
   d888           ,%888b.            d888           ,%888b.
  d88%            %%%8--'-.         d88%            %%%8--'-.
 /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -       /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
     '''::===..-'   =  --.  `          '''::===..-'   =  --.  `

    Cigar smoking Mona                  Capped Mona

Etc.


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git...@NetVision.net.il 11 Nov 1994 23:00 · permalink
I like her combined (with the old nose..) something like this...

>                                     o8%8888,
>                                    o88%8888888.
>                                   8'-    -:8888b
>                                  8'         8888
>                                 d8.-=. ,==-.:888b
>                                 >8 `"` :`"' d8888
>                                 88         ,88888
>                                 88b. `-~  ':88888
>                                 888b "==" .:88888
>                                 88888o--:':::8888
>                                `88888| :::' 8888b
>                                8888^^'       8888b  LS
>                               d888           ,%888b.
>                              d88%            %%%8--'-.
>                              /88:.__ ,       _%-' ---  -
>                                   '''::===..-'   =  --.  `
 the smile should b a bit higher on the right side,but I don't know how 2 do
it..just a friendly advice.. :)

Ayelet
<git...@mail.netvision.net.il>

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