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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Dec 1998.
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You'll need to view this in Arial!

You'll need to view this in Arial!

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 21 Dec 1998 - 22 Dec 1998
Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.comASCIIart> ASCII art 21 Dec 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
>Message-id: <367...@nexus.comcen.com.au>

>Does anyone do ASCII for.. er.. well, not so much ascii as proportional
>fonts, such as .. ooh, I don't know, Arial or Times.

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I'm using Arial and cannot see what this is...
The problem with proportional fonts is that
even the same name font will vary from
system to system.   In addition, spacing
varies from one proportional font to another.
For these reasons, ASCII art is made in a
fixed-width non-proportional font.  The
majority of computer users will be able to
view the ASCII art in this type of font.  And
all systems have an option for such a fixed-
width font-- usually Courier or FixedSys.

Hope this helps...

BTW, there is a forum for AOL's Arial text
art (called macros) but it is on AOL- obviously.
Keyword:  MomsOnline, go to games section,
look for macro board.   There are also
regularly scheduled chats for scrolling the
"macros"-- you can find info about that at the
MomsOnline board.

-joan
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wolfy! <wol...@zdnetmail.com> ASCII art 22 Dec 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
Does anyone do ASCII for.. er.. well, not so much ascii as proportional
fonts, such as .. ooh, I don't know, Arial or Times.

For usage in html, outlook clients :) etc(See sig below).

Just wondering.  Flames welcome.
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