Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 29 Jun 1999.
pentagram
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 29 Jun 1999 - 1 Jul 1999
Hello, I was looking for ascII pentagrams on deja.com and some websites and
didn't find much, especially of larger pentagrams. I decided for fun to try
to make one myself. It is below and hopefully it will display properly. I
made it in outlook express and it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it
will render properly in yours! All feedback is welcome, and any efforts to
tweek / improve the pentagram would be appreciated!!
Lyle
__...... __
_-- ** ** -- _
__** *__
- *\\*- _ _ -*//*-
-* \\ * _ _ * // *-
/ \\ - - // \
* \\ *_ _* // *
l \\ - - // l
* \\ * * // .*
.* _ - * \\ // * - _ *
*-________\\_______//________-*-*
** \\ // * *
* _ \\ // _*
*\ \\ // /*
*- _ \\// _-*
* -. -_-.-_**_-.-_ -. - *
Lyle Eppley <eag...@juno.com> wrote in message news:7lbq2e$ab5$1...@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net... >It is below and hopefully it will display >properly. I made it in outlook express and >it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it >will render properly in yours No, it does not. You have used a proportional font to create your ASCII art. To modify the settings for OUTLOOK EXPRESS, see below. > > __...... __ > _-- ** ** -- _ > __** *__ > - *\\*- _ _ -*//*- > -* \\ * _ _ * // *- > / \\ - - // \ > * \\ *_ _* // * > l \\ - - // l > * \\ * * // .* > .* _ - * \\ // * - _ * > *-________\\_______//________-*-* > ** \\ // * * > * _ \\ // _* > *\ \\ // /* > *- _ \\// _-* > * -. -_-.-_**_-.-_ -. - * How to set your Outlook Express 5 to view ASCII art correctly: 1. On the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS 2. Select the READ tab 3. Click the FONTS button near the bottom of the box 4. For the languages UNICODE, WESTERN EUROPEAN and USER DEFINED set both the PROPORTIONAL font and FIXED-WIDTH font to LUCIDA CONSOLE, and FONT SIZE to SMALLER 5. Click OK, then OK again. How to set your Outlook Express 4 to view ASCII art correctly: 1. On the TOOLS menu, click OPTIONS 2. Select the READ tab 3. Click the FONTS button near the bottom of the box 4. For the languages UNIVERSAL ALPHABET, USER DEFINED and WESTERN set both the PROPORTIONAL font and FIXED-WIDTH font to LUCIDA CONSOLE, and FONT SIZE to SMALLER 5. Click OK, then OK again. NOTE : If LUCIDA CONSOLE is not available as a font, pick another from the list of available FIXED-WIDTH fonts. EXAMPLES OF FIXED WIDTH FONTS 1. ANDALE MONO COMMONLY AVAILABLE WITH WINDOWS: 2. COURIER NEW 3. LUCIDA CONSOLE 4. LUCIDA SANS TYPEWRITER 5. OCR A EXTENDED If you have followed the above steps correctly, you should now be able to view and create ASCII art as it should be. Good Luck PS. Does anyone else feel this should be included in the official FAQ (or is it ADA now?), or should I keep a copy of this and post it when needed? * Have a good day, y'all! * -- <\______________________________ v // || Andrew Carpenter \ v (`8') || || andrew @ cirencester.ac.uk \ (`8') (.8.) || || ICQ : 20885021 \ (.8.) ||gj||/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ ~~~~~~
Lookin' good in WinVN, if it was supposed to look like it was drawn on a floor. Or, was the squashing Microsoft's hidden way of making you pay for its web browser? The lights dimmed, the sky opened up, and Lyle Eppley's voice echoed ominously, saying: > >Hello, I was looking for ascII pentagrams on deja.com and some websites and >didn't find much, especially of larger pentagrams. I decided for fun to try >to make one myself. It is below and hopefully it will display properly. I >made it in outlook express and it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it >will render properly in yours! All feedback is welcome, and any efforts to >tweek / improve the pentagram would be appreciated!! > >Lyle > > __...... __ > _-- ** ** -- _ > __** *__ > - *\\*- _ _ -*//*- > -* \\ * _ _ * // *- > / \\ - - // \ > * \\ *_ _* // * > l \\ - - // l > * \\ * * // .* > .* _ - * \\ // * - _ * > *-________\\_______//________-*-* > ** \\ // * * > * _ \\ // _* > *\ \\ // /* > *- _ \\// _-* > * -. -_-.-_**_-.-_ -. - * > > > > > > >
On 30 Jun 1999 05:37:32 GMT, some weirdo named jam...@yahoo.com (James Begley) took a hit from their crack pipe, and this is what came out: >Lookin' good in WinVN, if it was supposed to look like it was drawn on a >floor. Or, was the squashing Microsoft's hidden way of making you pay for >its web browser? > >The lights dimmed, the sky opened up, and Lyle Eppley's voice echoed >ominously, saying: >> >>Hello, I was looking for ascII pentagrams on deja.com and some websites and >>didn't find much, especially of larger pentagrams. I decided for fun to try >>to make one myself. It is below and hopefully it will display properly. I >>made it in outlook express and it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it >>will render properly in yours! All feedback is welcome, and any efforts to >>tweek / improve the pentagram would be appreciated!! >> >>Lyle >> >> __...... __ >> _-- ** ** -- _ >> __** *__ >> - *\\*- _ _ -*//*- >> -* \\ * _ _ * // *- >> / \\ - - // \ >> * \\ *_ _* // * >> l \\ - - // l >> * \\ * * // .* >> .* _ - * \\ // * - _ * >> *-________\\_______//________-*-* >> ** \\ // * * >> * _ \\ // _* >> *\ \\ // /* >> *- _ \\// _-* >> * -. -_-.-_**_-.-_ -. - * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Normally, when you do any kind of ascii art, you use a fixed-width font so that it will look the same on every other computer it may end up on. Courier or courier new is the standard for fixed width on PCs. Keep that in mind. =] RedDog o_0 ,.-=-------------------http://members.home.net/reddoghud/-------------------=-., reddoghud@(home).com Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
.----- On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:56:46 -0700, Lyle Eppley posted: |Hello, I was looking for ascII pentagrams on deja.com and some websites and |didn't find much, especially of larger pentagrams. I decided for fun to try |to make one myself. It is below and hopefully it will display properly. I |made it in outlook express and it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it |will render properly in yours! All feedback is welcome, and any efforts to |tweek / improve the pentagram would be appreciated!! | '------------------------ I find it very hard to believe that there are no ASCII Pentagrams on Deja. Try the old interface if you are looking for ASCII Art --- I think the new one uses proportional fonts. -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Lyle Eppley writes >Hello, I was looking for ascII pentagrams on deja.com and some websites and >didn't find much, especially of larger pentagrams. I decided for fun to try >to make one myself. It is below and hopefully it will display properly. I >made it in outlook express and it looks fine on my screen. Hopefully it >will render properly in yours! All feedback is welcome, and any efforts to >tweek / improve the pentagram would be appreciated!! > >Lyle > > __...... __ > _-- ** ** -- _ > __** *__ > - *\\*- _ _ -*//*- > -* \\ * _ _ * // *- > / \\ - - // \ > * \\ *_ _* // * > l \\ - - // l > * \\ * * // .* > .* _ - * \\ // * - _ * > *-________\\_______//________-*-* > ** \\ // * * > * _ \\ // _* > *\ \\ // /* > *- _ \\// _-* > * -. -_-.-_**_-.-_ -. - * > > [][ hi ... that's really good using the 'arial font ... i know just how hard it is to draw things using proportional fonts .. things just don't seem to line up properly .. or .. if you change the font size it shifts things out of alignment [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () /_ / /\) _/ /? .\ /\) /) .\ /_ /_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") <---<< --=oOo=-- >>--->
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