Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Jan 1998.
My first ASCII!!
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· 10 messages · 7 Jan 1998 - 11 Jan 1998
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Hya, this is my very first ASCII. I used Win95 Notepad to make it... The only letter
that gave me some problems, was the 's'...!! Do you know how can I improve it, or if
theres any program that makes things easier?
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>From: "Praseodymium 59" <pra...@geocities.com> >Date: Wed, Jan 7, 1998 06:49 EST >Message-id: <690sug$7r...@brown.telepac.pt> > >####### >## ## >## ## ### # >####### # # @ >## #### ### ### ### ### ### # # ## ## # # # ## ## >## ## # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # >## ## #### ### ### ### ### ### # # # # ## # # # > # > ### >Hya, this is my very first ASCII. I used Win95 Notepad to make it... The only >letter >that gave me some problems, was the 's'...!! Do you know how can I improve >it, or if >theres any program that makes things easier? Program for letters??? FIGLET FIGLET FIGLET~ Yes, the program is figlet... often people get upset in the newsgroup because letter and word requests are not filled... but you can do it yourself and get the results you want... links to FIGLET can be found at the ASCII ART FAQ (which EVERYONE ought to read before posting). A copy of the FAQ can be found at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm Or wait a day or so and it will be posted on the news- group... -joan @-. _ )\\ _ / \-/ | \-/ \ joan stark @/`|/\/\/\/|`\@ spu...@juno.com >~~~~~< | ^.^ | | (\_/) | ASCII ART GALLERY: .-"-\ \_/ /-"-. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ / .-. \___/ .-. \ @/` /.-. .-.\ `\@ jgs @` \ / `@ @
Praseodymium 59 wrote: > > ####### > ## ## > ## ## ### # > ####### # # @ > ## #### ### ### ### ### ### # # ## ## # # # ## ## > ## ## # # # ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # > ## ## #### ### ### ### ### ### # # # # ## # # # > # > ### > > Hya, this is my very first ASCII. I used Win95 Notepad to make it... The only letter > that gave me some problems, was the 's'...!! Do you know how can I improve it, or if > theres any program that makes things easier? These were made with figlet.You can find figlet for many platforms. I use the windows version.Im shure Veronica will post the urls for figlet as soon as she sees your message ## # # # # ### ## ## ### ### ### # # ### # # ### ## # # # # ## # # # # ### ### # # # ### # # ### ## ### ### ### # # # ## ### # # # ### _____ _ _ | __ \ | | (_) | |__) | __ __ _ ___ ___ ___ __| |_ _ _ __ ___ _ _ _ _ __ ___ | ___/ '__/ _` / __|/ _ \/ _ \ / _` | | | | '_ ` _ \| | | | | '_ ` _ \ | | | | | (_| \__ \ __/ (_) | (_| | |_| | | | | | | | |_| | | | | | | |_| |_| \__,_|___/\___|\___/ \__,_|\__, |_| |_| |_|_|\__,_|_| |_| |_| __/ | |___/ |~~\ | ' |__/|/~\/~~|(~/~//~\/~~|\ /|/~\ /~\ | | ||/~\ /~\ | | \__|_)\/_\_/\__| \/ | | | | \_/|| | | _/ |~) _ _ _ _ _ _| _ _ . _ _ |~ | (_|_\(/_(_)(_|\/| | | | |_|| | | / Or you could read the faq,that i will post in a few mins,and find it there,as well as many other usefull facts that will make interfacing with this newsgroup and caveats of ascii art more clear for you in the future. -- THE <\PRINCE /> \\ // \\ // /~~~~~~\ SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ /\ /\_|||||_/\ /\ / \ // ||| \\ / \ / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ / / / / </ TIME TO DIE \> \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_________________________\_\_\ \ /_______________________________________\ / /Kro...@inspace.net \ \ / /Remove(no.to.spam.)to reply :-)\ \ / /_________________________________\ \ /_______________________________________\ Try my new ascii art helper Http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/asciihpr.zip
The section of the FAQ about FIGlet:
4. Can someone do my name / these words in ASCII, please?
Probably not, unless we're REALLY bored. The reason for
this is that there is a program called Figlet which does
that sort of thing automatically -- you type in `Jane Smith',
and you get back
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/ __, _ _ `. _ _ , / /_
_/_(_/(_/ /_(/_ (___)/ / /_(_(__/ /_
//
(/
in this and a whole lot of other fonts (lettering styles).
The ASCII text-art produced by Figlet can be quite stunning,
so it's best to try it first before asking for help from
the newsgroup.
The Figlet home page is at
http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/chai/figlet.html.
This site links to the FTP site
ftp://nicoh.com/pub/figlet/ ,
where you can download versions of the program for
many different platforms.
If you have a Web browser which has form support (most
browsers do), you can run Figlet on the Internet by going to
one of the following sites and choosing your text and options
on the Web page. Different sites offer different options (eg
multiple fonts at once, justification, line length etc). Some
of these sites also provide an e-mail Figlet service for
people with browsers which don't support forms.
http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~rigaut/FigletJava.html
http://www.schnoggo.com/figlet.html
http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet/
http://saigon.mit.edu/dinhyen/figlet/figlet.html
http://www.mediacube.de/cgi-bin/moniteurs/figlet/
http://www.sconnect.net/figlet/index.cgi
http://boulder.Colorado.EDU/~kai/figlet.html
http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/cgi-bin/bwagner/FIGLET/figlet.pl
http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~mcchau3/cgi-bin/express.html
http://www.webserve.com/gateways/figletgateway.pl
(Thanks to Shimrod and Veronica Karlsson for the original list.)
If Figlet doesn't produce the kind of results you want,
THEN you can post to alt.ascii-art with your request. Make
sure that you include:
a) the fact that you have already tried Figlet,
or don't have access to it
(otherwise you will probably just get told to use it)
b) a description of the kind of lettering you want,
along with any other symbols or logos which you
would like incorporated into it.
(Please read the full FAQ which is posted regularly to the Newsgroup)
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Spunk1111 escreveu na mensagem <199...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
|Program for letters??? FIGLET FIGLET FIGLET~
|Yes, the program is figlet... often people get upset in
|the newsgroup because letter and word requests are
|not filled... but you can do it yourself and get the results
|you want... links to FIGLET can be found at the
|ASCII ART FAQ (which EVERYONE ought to read
|before posting). A copy of the FAQ can be found at
|http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
|Or wait a day or so and it will be posted on the news-
|group...
|-joan
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I already read the FAQ, and I know what Figlet is (pretty cool, by the way). What I
meant was a special program which would allow us to make some ASCII art (including
drawings) more easily than with Notepad... You see, the Insert key doesn't work with
it. What programs do you guys use?
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Praseodymium 59 wrote: [ 8< ] > I already read the FAQ, and I know what Figlet is (pretty cool, by the way). What I > meant was a special program which would allow us to make some ASCII art (including > drawings) more easily than with Notepad... You see, the Insert key doesn't work with > it. What programs do you guys use? Text editors such as Notepad... -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
.------------Praseodymium 59 <pra...@geocities.com> wrote...
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| I already read the FAQ, and I know what Figlet is (pretty cool, by the
way). What I
| meant was a special program which would allow us to make some ASCII art
(including
| drawings) more easily than with Notepad... You see, the Insert key
doesn't work with
| it. What programs do you guys use?
|
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Unix: EMACS
Pico
VI
Windows: Notepad (Comes with Windows!)
EDIT.COM (Comes with windows!)
MicroEMACS
MSDOS: EDIT.COM (Comes with DOS 5,6 and 7 - Type EDIT at command line)
Amiga: Ed (On Workbench Disk - run 'Ed <filename>' in shell)
MicroEMACS (Supplied with Workbench on Extras disk)
Blacks Editor
Thanx to Randy Gardner for adding to my Unix list...
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Martin Atkins wrote: [ 8< ] > Unix: EMACS > Pico > VI > Hmmm.... something wrong here... ~>EMACS EMACS: Command not found. ~>Pico Pico: Command not found. ~>VI VI: Command not found. ~> Like I thought, case sensitive! I would suggest writing: Unix: emacs pico vi in your list to avoid confusing the people who would have a reason to use it - i.e. the ones who don't already know those names... [ 8< ] -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
> Praseodymium 59 wrote: > [ 8< ] > > I already read the FAQ, and I know what Figlet is (pretty cool, by the way). What I > > meant was a special program which would allow us to make some ASCII art (including > > drawings) more easily than with Notepad... You see, the Insert key doesn't work with > > it. What programs do you guys use? Try the prog at the bottom of my sig,If you want. THE <\PRINCE /> \\ // \\ // /~~~~~~\ SEE HIS ( / \ \ SEE HIS FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE / W \ /\ /\_|||||_/\ /\ / \ // ||| \\ / \ / /\ \ // ' \\ / /\ \ / / / / </ TIME TO DIE \> \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_________________________\_\_\ \ /_______________________________________\ / /Kro...@inspace.net \ \ / /Remove(no.to.spam.)to reply :-)\ \ / /_________________________________\ \ /_______________________________________\ Try my new ascii art helper Http://www.inspace.net/~carcher/asciihpr.zip
My personal preference for an ASCII Art proggie is the good ol' classic
MS-DOS Editor. (edit.com) Lets you cut/paste, overwrite, etc...
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to recieve instructions for converting text into ascii
art letters, e-mail me with figlet in
the subject line
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Veronica Karlsson wrote in message <34B...@on.spammer>...
>Martin Atkins wrote:
>[ 8< ]
>> Unix: EMACS
>> Pico
>> VI
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>
>Hmmm.... something wrong here...
>
>~>EMACS
>EMACS: Command not found.
>~>Pico
>Pico: Command not found.
>~>VI
>VI: Command not found.
>~>
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>Like I thought, case sensitive!
>
>I would suggest writing:
>
>
>Unix: emacs
> pico
> vi
>
>
>in your list to avoid confusing the people who would have a reason to
>use it - i.e. the ones who don't already know those names...
>
>[ 8< ]
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