TALK: Rounded corners

In article <2rfrt4$4h...@mercury.dur.ac.uk>,
	N M Miners <N.M...@durham.ac.uk> writes:
>I've just about got the hang of rounded corners using ASCII characters as 
>follows:
>
>Top left/right:         .od8888888bo.
>                       d8888888888888b
>
>but what can I use for the bottom left? I normally use:
>
>                       "8888888888888"
>                        `""8888888P"'
>
>which makes the bottom left-hand corner look funny.  Does anyone have any 
>suggestions?
>

'ow's about:
Top left/right:         .od8888888bo.
                       d8888888888888b

bottom left/right:

                       "8888888888888"
                        `"Y8888888P"'

I saw the great Normand Veilleux use a capital letter Y for a rounded
corner in one of his amazing pictures.  I just copied the idea.  Anyone 
do better?
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Maybe Try?

			8888888888
	                ^?888888P'
					- Lars

In article <678...@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>,
Lars Liden <lli...@icogsci5.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>Maybe Try?
>
>			8888888888
>	                ^?888888P'


   I like to use * when there are two opposite slopes.  This way it looks 
symetrical.

                       8888888888
                       '*888888*'

   If there is only one slope on the right, I use a P, if there 
is one slope on the left I use a Y.

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Bob Allison (bob...@gagme.wwa.com) wrote:
:    I like to use * when there are two opposite slopes.  This way it looks 
: symetrical.

:                        8888888888
:                        '*888888*'

:    If there is only one slope on the right, I use a P, if there 
: is one slope on the left I use a Y.

I think the *'s do not fit in with the general shade of the 8's - they 
make the object look darker (or lighter depending on your screeen).

Out of the many suggestions I recieved, I think I prefer the Y.  The ? 
makes the edge smooth, but again adds a 'hole' to the overall shade.

Namarie,

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                       N.M...@durham.ac.uk

In article <2ro9hc$2l...@mercury.dur.ac.uk>,
N M Miners  <N.M...@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
>Bob Allison (bob...@gagme.wwa.com) wrote:
>:    I like to use * when there are two opposite slopes.  This way it looks 
>: symetrical.
>
>:                        8888888888
>:                        '*888888*'
>
>:    If there is only one slope on the right, I use a P, if there 
>: is one slope on the left I use a Y.
>
>I think the *'s do not fit in with the general shade of the 8's - they 
>make the object look darker (or lighter depending on your screeen).
>
>Out of the many suggestions I recieved, I think I prefer the Y.  The ? 
>makes the edge smooth, but again adds a 'hole' to the overall shade.
>
>Namarie,
>

How bout this:
                               Y8888888888P
                                "C888888D"

Or even:
   
                               8888888888
                               `V888888V'

Oh well...just a few ideas to kick around..

Adam

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iF YoU waNt To SeE yOur PrEcioUs Fi-Fi aGain, puT A tHousaNd unMarKed
BIllS in A BaG anD lEave It unDeR thE trEE iN tHe pArk.  AnD dOn'T
cAll ThE CoPs !!

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/ %%_  %% ______                       ////////                  ::+  ::+  ::+ 
| %%:|__/ ___      .ooo     ____       ////#### #######\  ...... +:+  +:+  +:+ 
| %%%%%%% ___    d88*88    /__  \  _am,//## /// ###| ###| ::  :: :++  ++:  :+: 
|___   %% ___   d88  88   ___) / ,gF ,@/## //// #######/  ii  ii +++  +:+  +++ 
:/%%|  %% ___   8888888  /   _/ ,8Ew*" ## ///// ###|###\  ||  || ++#  ++#  ++# 
/ %%%%%%% ______88L  88 / /\ \  K   ,  #### /// ###| ###/ ||  || #+#  #+#  #+# 
|_______/  _____ 88  88/_/ /_/  NbpP   //////// ###| ##/  !!!!!! +###+#++#+#+# 
:::::::::                                                         ########### 


(Well, that's what *I* thought of when I saw this sig...) :-)

Sharon

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	Well, the 'Y' is a symmetrical letter (I almost wrote symmetrical
molecule! Aaaa! Help meee! ;) ), so why not use it on both sides, to keep
the whole thing symmetrical? 

>                        8888888888
>                        `Y888888Y'

Feable Minded (mke...@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu) wrote:
: How bout this:
:                                Y8888888888P
:                                 "C888888D"

: Or even:
:    
:                                8888888888
:                                `V888888V'


HEY - I like that - Nice one!

: Oh well...just a few ideas to kick around..

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                              N.M...@durham.ac.uk

In article <Cq8...@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, mke...@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Feable Minded) writes:
> How bout this:
>                                Y8888888888P
>                                 "C888888D"

 This is the best I've seen on here, not that I'm an expert or anything...

In article <2rpn46$2h...@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
Sharon M. Billi <bil...@ces.cwru.edu> wrote:

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iF YoU waNt To SeE yOur PrEcioUs Fi-Fi aGain, puT A tHousaNd unMarKed
BIllS in A BaG anD lEave It unDeR thE trEE iN tHe pArk.  AnD dOn'T
cAll ThE CoPs !!

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:/%%%%%%%  _____                                                 :::  :::  ::: 
/ %%_  %% ______                       ////////                  ::+  ::+  ::+ 
| %%:|__/ ___      .ooo     ____       ////#### #######\  ...... +:+  +:+  +:+ 
| %%%%%%% ___    d88*88    /__  \  _am,//## /// ###| ###| ::  :: :++  ++:  :+: 
|___   %% ___   d88  88   ___) / ,gF ,@/## //// #######/  ii  ii +++  +:+  +++ 
:/%%|  %% ___   8888888  /   _/ ,8Ew*" ## ///// ###|###\  ||  || ++#  ++#  ++# 
/ %%%%%%% ______88L  88 / /\ \  K   ,  #### /// ###| ###/ ||  || #+#  #+#  #+# 
|_______/  _____ 88  88/_/ /_/  NbpP   //////// ###| ##/  !!!!!! +###+#++#+#+# 
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(Well, that's what *I* thought of when I saw this sig...) :-)

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   Ha ha ha.  That's funny.  When I made the above sig, I was looking at 
a bunch of my sigs, and had the idea to make a best of sigs sig.  So I 
took a letter from 9 of the ones I liked, and made the above sig.

   I'm glad you liked it (if indeed you did like it).  I make these sigs 
for the fun of it.  I like the lettering effects.  But I try to avoid 
bandwidth waste by only posting them ta the ASCII art groups.

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