Newbee

I am a newbee, but I think ASCII art is kind of cool. Sorry for my bad
english BTW, I am Dutch, so...

I have 3 questions:

* Is it cool to add colors on your ascii art picture?
* Why couldn't I see most pictures normal in this newsgroup?
* What kind of fonts are most used for ascii art? Beside Courier etc.?

That is all I want to say about that


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>Subject: Newbee
>From: "Alcatraz" GEE...@hetnet.nl 
>Date: 4/8/00 7:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <#JGPJXgo$GA.293@net003s>
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>I am a newbee, but I think ASCII art is kind of cool. Sorry for my bad
>english BTW, I am Dutch, so...
>
>I have 3 questions:
>
>* Is it cool to add colors on your ascii art picture?

     You can add color, but only on web pages, not in this group. No coding
allowed.

>* Why couldn't I see most pictures normal in this newsgroup?

     Your newsreader is probably using a proportional font (where it smushes
the letters and words together to make it look more pleasing) like Ariel or
Times New Roman, you need to use a font like DOS uses, a fixed-width font
(which places every character an even space from each other) like Courier New,
Terminal, Fixedsys, or Topaz New.

     If you are using Windows 9X, Copying the ASCII to Notepad would let you
see it correctly.

     See the FAQ for this newsgroup to see if changing the font for your
newsreader is discussed.

>* What kind of fonts are most used for ascii art? Beside Courier etc.?

     See above.
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:50:35 +0200, "Alcatraz" <GEE...@hetnet.nl>
provoked the following text:

>I am a newbee, but I think ASCII art is kind of cool. Sorry for my bad
>english BTW, I am Dutch, so...

Hey Alcatraz, you could also go to HETNET.HK if you have any questions, but i'll
try to answer them here for now. (both in English and in Dutch)

>I have 3 questions:
>
>* Is it cool to add colors on your ascii art picture?

Umm... No. If you add color to your picture you'd make ANSI-art and that's a lot
different.

Ehhh... Nee. Als je kleur aan je tekeningen toevoegt, krijg je ANSI-art en dat
is heel wat anders.

>* Why couldn't I see most pictures normal in this newsgroup?

Probably because you use the wrong font. In OE, go to "Tools => Options =>
Reading" and click the button "fonts". There you can select for instance
"Courier New" as the proportional font and everything will look just as it was
meant to be.
Another cause for ASCII-art not looking as it should is often "wrapping", this
happens when either you have set the width too small or when other people post
art that's over 74 characters wide.

Waarschijnlijk omdat je het verkeerde lettertype gebruikt. In OE, ga naar "Extra
=> Opties => Lezen" en klik op de knop "Lettertypen". Daar kun je bijvoorbeeld
"Courier New" als proportioneel lettertype uitkiezen en alles ziet er uit zoals
het bedoeld was.
Een andere oorzaak voor ASCII-art die er niet uitziet zoals het hoort is vaak
"wrapping", dit gebeurt als je de breedte te smal hebt ingesteld of als anderen
kunst posten dat meer dan 74 karakters breed is.

>* What kind of fonts are most used for ascii art? Beside Courier etc.?

I myself use "Monotype.com", other fonts are "Lucida console", "Terminal",
Fixedsys", "Andale mono" or "MS Linedraw".

Ikzelf gebruik "Monotype.com", andere lettertypen zijn "Lucida console",
"Terminal", Fixedsys", "Andale mono" of "MS Linedraw".
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GEE...@hetnet.nl (Alcatraz) wrote in <#JGPJXgo$GA.293@net003s>:

>I am a newbee, but I think ASCII art is kind of cool. Sorry for my bad
>english BTW, I am Dutch, so...

So that doesn't help you much =)
I'm Dutch too. Dutchmen all had english classes (unless of course you 
decided to devote that time to beerology)

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