Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 2 Feb 2002.
sms ascii art
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· 17 messages · 2 Feb 2002 - 7 Feb 2002
i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art sms, some urls ? thanks
gilles pierre wrote: > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art sms, some > urls Hmm, where is the difference? you have only fewer space Hermi
> you have only fewer space that's the problem... Matthias Herrmann <Her...@gmx.ch> a �crit dans le message : 3C5...@gmx.ch... > gilles pierre wrote: > > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art sms, some > > urls > > Hmm, where is the difference? > you have only fewer space > Hermi >
U�ytkownik "Matthias Herrmann" <Her...@gmx.ch> napisa� w wiadomo�ci news:3C5...@gmx.ch... > > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art sms, some > > urls > > Hmm, where is the difference? > you have only fewer space SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art cause most fonts used in cell phones aren't monospace fonts. Best regards/Pozdrowienia, Blazej [bug] -- Blazej Kozlowski [bug] - "Jest tylko jedno lekarstwo na bug...@akw.pl GG:1093730 - duze klopoty - male radosci." +48608093718\online @/ - ICQ:147041942\w-ends/ - /Karl H. Waggerl
U�ytkownik "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> napisa� w wiadomo�ci news:1jq...@4ax.com... Hey. > >SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art > >cause most fonts used in cell phones > >aren't monospace fonts. > > Of course they are. No. > '. .' . . > '. : : .'' > : : : .' > : : : : .' > : : : : : : : > : :' ' ' . : : : : : > : : : : : : > : .'''. : . .: > : : ` : : . : > '.'...'.' : > :''''' ' : > : . : > : : : > '.....:......' Neat sig. :) Best regards/Pozdrowienia, Blazej [bug] -- Blazej Kozlowski [bug] - "Gdy zapraszasz klopoty, bug...@akw.pl GG:1093730 - zwykle chetnie przychodza." +48608093718\online @/ - ICQ:147041942\w-ends/ - /H. Jackson Brown
drsquare wrote in message <1jq...@4ax.com>... >On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 21:31:39 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("bug" <my....@my.signature>) wrote: > >>U?ytkownik "Matthias Herrmann" <Her...@gmx.ch> napisa? w wiadomo?ci >>news:3C5...@gmx.ch... >> >>> > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art >>sms, some >>> > urls >>> >>> Hmm, where is the difference? >>> you have only fewer space >> >>SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art >>cause most fonts used in cell phones >>aren't monospace fonts. > >Of course they are. Any Nokia handset will use a proportionally-spaced font by default. I can't remember whether they have a fixed-width option. The Ericsson A1018S also uses proportionally-spaced fonts. I know that Siemens phones, particularly the C35i and the S25 have a fixed-width font by default. Also, the Motorola V.3690 has a fixed-width font. But Nokia and Ericsson are the most popular brands of GSM phones at the moment. -- Graeme Porter -^-_ _ / [_][_]_:_ Proud owner of a 1978 /| _||_ v Pearl Fiberglass Shell kit | / \ | -=/=\\____//=\=jaa
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:28:16 -0000, "Anonymous" <gue...@anonymous.com> wrote: >>>> > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art >>>sms, some >>>> > urls >>>> >>>> Hmm, where is the difference? >>>> you have only fewer space >>> >>>SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art >>>cause most fonts used in cell phones >>>aren't monospace fonts. >> >>Of course they are. > >Any Nokia handset will use a proportionally-spaced font by default. I can't >remember whether they have a fixed-width option. > >The Ericsson A1018S also uses proportionally-spaced fonts. > >I know that Siemens phones, particularly the C35i and the S25 have a fixed-width >font by default. Also, the Motorola V.3690 has a fixed-width font. > >But Nokia and Ericsson are the most popular brands of GSM phones at the moment. Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question is whether the underlying code is ASCII. I can set up ASCII to any font I want - fixed or variable. (and I would love to see some variable width ASCII art) Dr. Roy
<ray...@number.net> wrote in message ... > > Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question > is whether the underlying code is ASCII. > No, the mobile phones don't use ASCII. Many of the characters are the same, but there are some eg. backslash that the phones dont have, and things like the Yen or Euro signs that aren't valid ASCII codes. They also seem to have special flashing characters too (I've received messages with them in, but cant make them myself). Hope that helps Semach.the.monkey
well... for SMS... you cannot really use ASCII ART much. 1. You cannot have a enter / Carriage Return 2. The spaces show up differently on different phones. ?:) <ray...@number.net> wrote in message news:3c5...@news.earthlink.net... > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:28:16 -0000, "Anonymous" <gue...@anonymous.com> > wrote: > > >>>> > i'm looking for a site where i can find some examples of ascii art > >>>sms, some > >>>> > urls > >>>> > >>>> Hmm, where is the difference? > >>>> you have only fewer space > >>> > >>>SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art > >>>cause most fonts used in cell phones > >>>aren't monospace fonts. > >> > >>Of course they are. > > > >Any Nokia handset will use a proportionally-spaced font by default. I can't > >remember whether they have a fixed-width option. > > > >The Ericsson A1018S also uses proportionally-spaced fonts. > > > >I know that Siemens phones, particularly the C35i and the S25 have a fixed-width > >font by default. Also, the Motorola V.3690 has a fixed-width font. > > > >But Nokia and Ericsson are the most popular brands of GSM phones at the moment. > > Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question > is whether the underlying code is ASCII. > > I can set up ASCII to any font I want - fixed or variable. (and I would > love to see some variable width ASCII art) > > Dr. Roy
you have a siemens??? it seems so... "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote in message news:rr7...@4ax.com... > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:26:09 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("bug" <my....@my.signature>) wrote: > > >U?ytkownik "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> napisa? w wiadomo?ci > >news:1jq...@4ax.com... > > > >> >SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art > >> >cause most fonts used in cell phones > >> >aren't monospace fonts. > >> > >> Of course they are. > > > >No. > > They are on my phone. Each letter has a rectangular block of pixels in > which display each letter, and they're all lined up. > > >> '. .' . . > >> '. : : .'' > >> : : : .' > >> : : : : .' > >> : : : : : : : > >> : :' ' ' . : : : : : > >> : : : : : : > >> : .'''. : . .: > >> : : ` : : . : > >> '.'...'.' : > >> :''''' ' : > >> : . : > >> : : : > >> '.....:......' > > > >Neat sig. :) > > Thanks. > > > -- > Drsquare > '. .' . . > '. : : .'' > : : : .' > : : : : .' > : : : : : : : > : :' ' ' . : : : : : > : : : : : : > : .'''. : . .: > : : ` : : . : > '.'...'.' : > :''''' ' : > : . : > : : : > '.....:......'
>Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question >is whether the underlying code is ASCII. > >I can set up ASCII to any font I want - fixed or variable. (and I would >love to see some variable width ASCII art) > >Dr. Roy ascii art needs a fixed width font if it uses more than one line and even if it only uses one line it still is unpredictable if sent to a phone with different character widths -- ' + ` . ,-------------. + . ` . * ' \/ * . __ . ( alt.ascii-art ) . . ,-----------. ` (oO) -._'"- ( ,. _.' `-------------' ' ( you said it )_,' vv . `" `-` . ' * ` + `-----------' . JL
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:22:55 +0000 (UTC), drsquare <now...@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:26:09 +0100, in alt.ascii-art, > ("bug" <my....@my.signature>) wrote: > >>U?ytkownik "drsquare" <now...@nowhere.co.uk> napisa? w wiadomo?ci >>news:1jq...@4ax.com... >> >>> >SMS-letter-pictures aren't ascii-art >>> >cause most fonts used in cell phones >>> >aren't monospace fonts. >>> >>> Of course they are. >> >>No. > >They are on my phone. Each letter has a rectangular block of pixels in >which display each letter, and they're all lined up. read again "cause __most__ fonts used in cell phones aren't monospace fonts." yours might be one that has fixed width.. but many phones having a full graphical display including ericson, and nokia for example have variable pitch fonts to display more characters -- ' + ` . ,-------------. + . ` . * ' \/ * . __ . ( alt.ascii-art ) . . ,-----------. ` (oO) -._'"- ( ,. _.' `-------------' ' ( you said it )_,' vv . `" `-` . ' * ` + `-----------' . JL
In: alt.ascii-art On: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 14:48:33 +0100 From: "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de> >>Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question >>is whether the underlying code is ASCII. >> >>I can set up ASCII to any font I want - fixed or variable. (and I would >>love to see some variable width ASCII art) >> >>Dr. Roy > >ascii art needs a fixed width font if it uses more than one line and >even if it only uses one line it still is unpredictable if sent to a >phone with different character widths > But text-art for Nokia phones exists. At least here in Finland you can order SMS messages that contain a kind of "text comic strip". There's one image per screen and as you scroll the screen while reading it, you it can be "animated". -- Olli "Dronir" Wilkman Q: How many bankers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Four - One to hold the bulb and three to try to remember the combination. (left a bit, right a bit, left a bit...)
On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 14:48:33 +0100, "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <las...@lastfuture.de> wrote: >ascii art needs a fixed width font if it uses more than one line and >even if it only uses one line it still is unpredictable if sent to a >phone with different character widths ASCII art need not be limited to fixed width. The creator needs only to specify the proper viewing font. It just that nobody has done it yet.
On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 02:52:42 GMT, ray...@number.net wrote: >On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 14:48:33 +0100, "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" ><las...@lastfuture.de> wrote: > >>ascii art needs a fixed width font if it uses more than one line and >>even if it only uses one line it still is unpredictable if sent to a >>phone with different character widths > >ASCII art need not be limited to fixed width. The creator needs only to >specify the proper viewing font. It just that nobody has done it yet. battle on then
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 ray...@number.net as in `yet another troll?' wrote: [...] > ASCII art need not be limited to fixed width. The creator needs only to > specify the proper viewing font. It just that nobody has done it yet. Like our current pet trolls: you are just in the wrong newsgroups. "It" has been done, as I have previously told you with some pointers to where to find examples. Believe it or not, we here won't do "it". But - since I have said this before I will probably have to say it again - sigh... :) Andreas -- ________________________________________________ http://www.ascii-art.de
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:55:49 +0100, Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> wrote: > >On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 ray...@number.net as in `yet another troll?' wrote: >[...] >> ASCII art need not be limited to fixed width. The creator needs only to >> specify the proper viewing font. It just that nobody has done it yet. > >Like our current pet trolls: you are just in the wrong newsgroups. "It" has >been done, as I have previously told you with some pointers to where to find >examples. Believe it or not, we here won't do "it". But - since I have said this >before I will probably have to say it again - sigh... > >:) >Andreas I looked at your reference. It was drawings that used characters, but they had to be viewed as images, and could not be viewed as fonts.
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