Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Nov 1994.
How I did those ASCII Piccys
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 23 Nov 1994
I cheated basically, but still they look okay, what I did was:
1) Found a decent sign or symbol from various fonts within
Windows, went into Paintbrush and typed in the character at a
huge size eg 400 points.
OR
Went into `Neopaint' and drew the picture freehand.
2) Then I saved the piccy in .GIF format using Lview Pro.
3) Finally I converted the .GIF into ASCII by using the GIFSCII
converter thing.
So the pictures aren't really my own, but I'll claim them anyway! :)
Its Easy!! Try it!
Seeya!
Giles.
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