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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 12 Apr 2000.
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new to group/hi all

alt.ascii-art · 12 messages · 12 Apr 2000 - 18 Apr 2000
frank behnsen <fra...@behnsen.de> ASCII art 12 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
hi all,

been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...

i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.


         ............____==========_____..........
    ...../d�����������������������������b\\.............
    .. d������������������������������������������b\\\ .        
      d���������������������������������������������������b\\
       q����P///////////:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.....
   ....//////////////////////////////::::::::::::::::......
   ...//////d����������������������������������b\:::::::....
    ..///d���//////d�����������������b////////q�����b\::: 
    ///////////d�����������������P""q�������b/////////::::::
       /////d����P   ***��������       � :q����b//////:...
     /////d���P     ****���������b           :q���b////:....    
     ///.d�� �      ****������������****        :q���b/:.. ..
     ///d��b �b     *****�����������****          ����b..   ..
     .////q�b �b     *****���������****          d��//��b    .
      .////q�b .      ****************         d���///.
      ..//////////       ***********         d��//:::.....
       ..:////////���b                 d���//:::::. .///.
        q�b////////q���b///////////d�����.:::.....////// 
         q��b///////.//////////////............///////.  
           q��b////......................../////////
             q���b////   ......    ... //////////
                 ///////            ////frank



this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
text edits added here and there.

doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.

hope ya like it,
frank

-- 
                      d&&&b.
                    d%%!!!%%b   
                  d%     !!!!%b 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%xk    :CCC%b
 %%           d%xxxxkkk   :;!!%%
 %%       :;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P_______________________________
 %% ::  :;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P  
 %%::::;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%%    frank behnsen
 %%:::d%%%xxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P%%
 %%:::%%    kkkkkk%%%%%P::%%    illustrator | icon artist   
 %%:::%%   :%%%%%%%%%P::::%%    user interface graphic designer
 %%:::%%OO::::::%%%P::::::%%
 %%:::%%OOGG:::;%P::::::::%%    fra...@behnsen.de 
 %%:::%%%%%%%%%P::::::::::%%    www.behnsen.de
 %%:::::::::::::::::::::::%%
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

In article <1e8...@behnsen.de>, fra...@behnsen.de
(frank behnsen) wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> 
> been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
> a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...
> 
> i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
> if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.

[snip of eye drawn with nonstandard characters]
 
> this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
> from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
> text edits added here and there.
> 
> doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
> conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
> manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.
> 
> hope ya like it,
> frank

Frank, it's a nice eye. But the odd looking S is a non standard
character. Some systems won't see that character. Some systems will
replace it with two or three characters thus distorting your drawing
beyond recognition.

Here is your eye again with the nonstandard character replaced by an S.

         ............____==========_____..........
    ...../dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\.............
    .. dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\\ .        
      dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\\
       qSSSSP///////////:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.....
   ....//////////////////////////////::::::::::::::::......
   ...//////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb\:::::::....
    ..///dSSS//////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSb////////qSSSSSb\::: 
    ///////////dSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSP""qSSSSSSSb/////////::::::
       /////dSSSSP   ***SSSSSSSS       S :qSSSSb//////:...
     /////dSSSP     ****SSSSSSSSSb           :qSSSb////:....    
     ///.dSS S      ****SSSSSSSSSSSS****        :qSSSb/:.. ..
     ///dSSb Sb     *****SSSSSSSSSSS****          SSSSb..   ..
     .////qSb Sb     *****SSSSSSSSS****          dSS//SSb    .
      .////qSb .      ****************         dSSS///.
      ..//////////       ***********         dSS//:::.....
       ..:////////SSSb                 dSSS//:::::. .///.
        qSb////////qSSSb///////////dSSSSS.:::.....////// 
         qSSb///////.//////////////............///////.  
           qSSb////......................../////////
             qSSSb////   ......    ... //////////
                 ///////            ////frank


There was a long a rather painful discussion about this a few months
back. Here for your perusal is the ASCII character chart:

Note that there are no characters that look like � � � � � � � � or any
letters with accents. 

 ======================================
 }       ASCII Character Chart        {
 ======================================
 }|                                  |{
 }| This chart should be symmetrical.|{
 }| If it isn't, change your font    |{
 }| til the e's and the m's line up. |{
 }|                                  |{
 }| eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |{
 }| mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |{
 }|                                  |{
 }|  SP   !   "   #   $   %   &   '  |{
 }|   (   )   *   +   ,   -   .   /  |{
 }|   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7  |{
 }|   8   9   :   ;   <   =   >   ?  |{
 }|   @   A   B   C   D   E   F   G  |{
 }|   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O  |{
 }|   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W  |{
 }|   X   Y   Z   [   \   ]   ^   _  |{
 }|   `   a   b   c   d   e   f   g  |{
 }|   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o  |{
 }|   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w  |{
 }|   x   y   z   {   |   }   ~      |{
 }|                                  |{
 }|      SP stands for Space bar     |{
 }|                                  |{
 }| Please use only the characters   |{
 }| that are on this chart if you    |{
 }| are going to post your creations |{
 }| in the newsgroup alt.ascii-art!  |{
 }|                                  |{
 ======================================

Naturally, you are all children of the universe and will want to use
characters that are not on that chart; you should feel free to type out
keyboard art using many different fonts and characters. Exchange your
creations with your e-friends via e-mail or put them on your webpage but
PLEASE do not post any nonstandard keyboard art in the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art because not only will you cause and/or receive a lot of
grief, the nonstandard characters you have chosen will not look the same
to other people as they do to you.


Welcome to the group. I look forward to seeing more of your drawings.



NOTE: I never pick up my mail from the yahoo address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions
http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/

Hmm... forgot that I never introduced myself.
You may have noticed a couple posts of mine (not many)
so anyway.... My name is Peter Miller, nice to meat you
all.  (as the addy says remove .removethistoreply to mail
me. (oh.. and my nick may not always show up Korrda.. i've
been thinking of changing it)

Peace

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hmm... should probably be a sig here :P
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frank behnsen <fra...@behnsen.de> ASCII art 13 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
llizard <lli...@TAKEOUTTHEGARBAGEyahoo.com> wrote:

> Here is your eye again with the nonstandard character replaced by an S.

[snip]

oops, i stand corrected.  you never learn enough, i guess.

> Here for your perusal is the ASCII character chart:

[snip]

thanks a lot -- i'll keep it next to my ASCII heart!  ;-)
 
> Welcome to the group. I look forward to seeing more of your drawings.

thanks also for your warm welcome.  more drawings coming
soon - that is, as soon as i have checked them for other
non-standard characters that may have sneaked in ...

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Ojosh!ro <ojo...@mindless.com> ASCII art 13 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
llizard wrote:
> 
> In article <1e8...@behnsen.de>, fra...@behnsen.de
> (frank behnsen) wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
> > a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...
> >
> > i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
> > if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.
> 
> [snip of eye drawn with nonstandard characters]
> 
> > this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
> > from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
> > text edits added here and there.
> >
> > doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
> > conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
> > manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.
> >
> > hope ya like it,
> > frank
> 
> Frank, it's a nice eye. But the odd looking S is a non standard
> character. Some systems won't see that character. Some systems will
> replace it with two or three characters thus distorting your drawing
> beyond recognition.
> 
[SNIP of the effect of the evil S-er]

Here, an '8' really (no honestly!) looks darker than the 'S'

88888888SSSSSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS
88888SSS888SSSSS
8888SSSS8888SSSS
8888SSSS8888SSSS
88888SSS888SSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS

Besides, an 'o' is half an '8'
(that doesn't prove much)

See you, Ojoshiro
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__END__
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( Hey Woodstock )# (  | ____) 
)`-------------'# `-' (      .,# .|J  )    
<' <#  "> '--.   (_,=#                    Sch
ultz#                              ojo...@lunatech.com

"Ojosh!ro" <ojosh!r...@mindless.com> wrote:
> Here, an '8' really (no honestly!) looks darker than the 'S'
> 
> 88888888SSSSSSSS
> 88888888SSSSSSSS
> 88888SSS888SSSSS
> 8888SSSS8888SSSS
> 8888SSSS8888SSSS
> 88888SSS888SSSSS
> 88888888SSSSSSSS
> 88888888SSSSSSSS

When wieved with Fixedsys, it looks much darker,
but courier doesn't make any difference between '8' and 'S'
--
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--http://www.mbnet.fi/~lkanga

MJP <mik...@bluedwarf.net> ASCII art 13 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 22:20:46 +0200, fra...@behnsen.de (frank behnsen) wrote:

>hi all,
>
>been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
>a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...
>
>i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
>if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.
>
>
Snip of great eye 8<

>                      d&&&b.
>                    d%%!!!%%b   
>                  d%     !!!!%b 
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%xk    :CCC%b
> %%           d%xxxxkkk   :;!!%%
> %%       :;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P_______________________________
> %% ::  :;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P  
> %%::::;d%xxxxkkkkkkkk%%%%%%    frank behnsen
> %%:::d%%%xxkkkkkkkk%%%%%P%%
> %%:::%%    kkkkkk%%%%%P::%%    illustrator | icon artist   
> %%:::%%   :%%%%%%%%%P::::%%    user interface graphic designer
> %%:::%%OO::::::%%%P::::::%%
> %%:::%%OOGG:::;%P::::::::%%    fra...@behnsen.de 
> %%:::%%%%%%%%%P::::::::::%%    www.behnsen.de
> %%:::::::::::::::::::::::%%
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

I loved the pic. but i guess due to the different types of OS people use
you should only use "ASCII" characters.
hope to see more from you!

obascii:
   /|\
  /_|_\
  \ | /
   \|/
    '-.
       '-.
          '-. kite with broken string, fluttering away

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frank behnsen <fra...@behnsen.de> ASCII art 14 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
Ojosh!ro <ojosh!r...@mindless.com> wrote:

> Here, an '8' really (no honestly!) looks darker than the 'S'

              ___
             /   \
             |- _|    wait a minute ...
            ) o o (    /
             | _ |
             \ -�/
              \_/


              ___
             /   \
             |� `|    a-hmmm ...
            )-S-S-(    /
             | _ |
             \ - /
              \_/


              ___
             /   \    weeell, ...
             |_ -|     /
            )-8-8-(    
             | v |
             \ = /
              \_/


              ___
             /   \    's true!
  /'8-8'\    |- _|     /
 (    ._)   ) O O ( 
     ( |\    | _ |
     (_/')   \ -�/
      \_�===/|\_/|\===
    /`-�/. /.\___/.\  \
   /   //   /.\ /.\   �\_____________
   `__��|     | |     | \

-- 
-----------------------------------
 fra...@behnsen.de | www.behnsen.de  
   User Interface Graphic Design 
-----------------------------------

MJP <mik...@bluedwarf.net> wrote:

> I loved the pic. but i guess due to the different types
> of OS people use you should only use "ASCII" characters.
> hope to see more from you!

thank you!  well, i have learned that contrary to my
assumption the "�" (which i know as "paragraph character")
is not a standard ASCII character at all ... and posted
some more art, hopefully without any such glitches.

-- 
-----------------------------------
 fra...@behnsen.de | www.behnsen.de  
   User Interface Graphic Design 
-----------------------------------

David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 14 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
fra...@behnsen.de (frank behnsen) writes:

> well, i have learned that contrary to my
> assumption the "\247" (which i know as "paragraph character")
> is not a standard ASCII character at all ... and posted
> some more art, hopefully without any such glitches.

You missed a few. I've changed them to `\<code>' so you
can see where they were:

|              ___
|             /   \
|             |- _|    wait a minute ...
|            ) o o (    /
|             | _ |
|             \ -\264/
|              \_/
|
|
|              ___
|             /   \
|             |\264 `|    a-hmmm ...
|            )-S-S-(    /
|             | _ |
|             \ - /
|              \_/
|
|
|              ___
|             /   \    weeell, ...
|             |_ -|     /
|            )-8-8-(    
|             | v |
|             \ = /
|              \_/
|
|
|              ___
|             /   \    's true!
|  /'8-8'\    |- _|     /
| (    ._)   ) O O ( 
|     ( |\    | _ |
|     (_/')   \ -\264/
|      \_\264===/|\_/|\===
|    /`-\264/. /.\___/.\  \
|   /   //   /.\ /.\   \241\_____________
|   `__\264\264|     | |     | \


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frank behnsen <fra...@behnsen.de> ASCII art 14 Apr 2000 00:00 · permalink
David Riley <dav...@dmriley.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> You missed a few. I've changed them to `\<code>' so you
> can see where they were:


       <blush>  ... turns out that what i've been
       making as "ASCII" art throughout the years
           was no standard ASCII art at all!
           thanks for straightening me out!

                ._.    /
               /   \  /
  /'\246'\     |- -| 
 (      ._)   ) O"O ( 
       ( |\    | _ |
       (_/')   \ o /
        \_'===/|\_/|\===
      /`-'/. /.\___/.\  \
     /   //   /.\ /.\   .\_________
     `__' |     | |     | \

-- 
-----------------------------------
 fra...@behnsen.de | www.behnsen.de  
   User Interface Graphic Design 
-----------------------------------

Lauri Kangas wrote:
> 
> "Ojosh!ro" <ojosh!r...@mindless.com> wrote:
> > Here, an '8' really (no honestly!) looks darker than the 'S'
> >
> > 88888888SSSSSSSS
> > 88888888SSSSSSSS
> > 88888SSS888SSSSS
> > 8888SSSS8888SSSS
> > 8888SSSS8888SSSS
> > 88888SSS888SSSSS
> > 88888888SSSSSSSS
> > 88888888SSSSSSSS
> 
> When wieved with Fixedsys, it looks much darker,
> but courier doesn't make any difference between '8' and 'S'

Even with Courier...
(Which I'm also using, in quoted text)

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