Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 1 Sep 1995.
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Info: An easy way to generate large ASCII text
rec.arts.ascii
· 1 message · 1 Sep 1995
I have written a free PC program, BIGTEXT which might be of interest
to ASCII artists and signature designers. It can be found in your
local SimTel mirror (e.g. ftp.coast.net or oak.oakland.edu) in the
file
SimTel/msdos/textutil/bigtxt21.zip
What it does is take text you supply and draw it using ASCII (or PC
graphics) characters. For example, the command "bigtext /c# Sample"
would produce:
##### ###
## ## ##
### ### ## ## ## ### ## ####
### ## ####### ## ## ## ## ##
### ##### ## # ## ## ## ## ######
## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ##
##### ### ## ## ## ## ### #####
###
This was done using the default font but any E/VGA ROM or screen font
can be used and there are hundreds of those, including many non-Roman
alphabets. BIGTEXT also supports banner style (vertical) output and
magnification as well as a number of effects which require PC graphics
characters or output to a PC screen. Of course, the output can be
easily redirected to a file.
Any questions or comments should be sent to me via e-mail since I
don't ordinarily read this newsgroup.
--
William Luitje | ~## |"Everything! Everything!
lui...@m-net.arbornet.org| ## ## ## ## ## | Everything! Everything!"
| ##_#_## ~#__#~ ## |
| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~| --Violent Femmes--
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