Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Sep 2001.
Greek letters
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 5 Sep 2001 - 11 Sep 2001
Hi there,
I am looking for greek letters in ascii art. I need them about 2..4
lines tall - so the figlet font 'greek' will not help me here...
I have already created some characters but I am not very satisfied and
there are a many missing. I need them both in upper and lowercase.
Here is how far I have come:
alpha
_
(_><
_ _
(_X_
_ _
(_/_
/\
/--\
/ \
beta
_
|_)
|_)
|
__
| )
|--
|__)
gamma
__
| '
|
|
delta
(
(_)
/\
/__\
/\
/ \
/____\
epsilon
_
(_
(_
zeta
eta
._
| |
|
| |
|--|
| |
theta
iota
kappa
lambda
\
/\
/\
/ \
/ \
mu
|_|,
|
nu
| )
|/
|\ |
| \ |
| \|
xi
__
' `
--
.__,
omicron
pi
__
||
-----
| |
| |
rho
_
(_)
`-
_
|_)
|
sigma
__,
(_)
___
\
>
/__
tau
_,
�|
___
|
|
upsilon
\ /
V
|
phi
-
(|)
-
_|_
(_|_)
|
chi
psi
omega
(_|_)
_
_( )_
_
/ \
_\ /_
Any ideas for the missing letters and the ones that look silly?
Thanks,
Markus
--
http://www.jave.de
--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(Markus Gebhard said it like only they can.)-- > Hi there, > > I am looking for greek letters in ascii art. I need them about 2..4 > lines tall - so the figlet font 'greek' will not help me here... > I have already created some characters but I am not very satisfied and > there are a many missing. I need them both in upper and lowercase. > > Here is how far I have come: > > tau > > _, > �| > ^-- thats not ascii -- --(tty...@faux.local|04:45|/home/faux)-- cat .sig GUI's are for slackers. Get ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson
Markus Gebhard wrote: > Hi there, > > I am looking for greek letters in ascii art. I need them about 2..4 > lines tall - so the figlet font 'greek' will not help me here... > I have already created some characters but I am not very satisfied and > there are a many missing. I need them both in upper and lowercase. it is impossible to make a lowercase xi or zeta with only 4 lines! > > Here is how far I have come: > > alpha > > _ > (_>< > > _ _ > (_X_ > > _ _ > (_/_ > _, (/\ > > /\ > /--\ > / \ > > > > beta > > _ > |_) > |_) > | > > __ > | ) > |-- > |__) > > > gamma > \/ () > __ > | ' > | > | > > > > delta > > ( > (_) ^^^ this one is really good. > > > /\ > /__\ > > /\ > / \ > /____\ > > > > epsilon > _ > (_ > (_ > > zeta > > > eta > > ._ > | | > | > > > | | > |--| > | | > > theta simple theta: _ /_\ \_/ "real" theta: . o (_)` or .() (_)\ it is IMPOSSIBLE! > > iota ?? well... that is too hard =) > > kappa |/ (my teacher allowes this one...) |\ `)O O \ the real kappa is IMPOSSIBLE! > > lambda > > \ > /\ > > /\ > / \ > / \ > > > mu > > > |_|, > | ^ better leave this away... > > > nu > > > | ) > |/ > > > |\ | > | \ | > | \| > > > > xi > __ > ' ` > -- > .__, > > > > omicron > () _ / \ \_/ > pi > > __ > || > > > ----- > | | > | | > > > rho > > _ > (_) > `- > > _ > |_) > | > > > > sigma > __, > (_) > > ___ > \ > > > /__ the ending sigma: ,-' `-. `-' > > > tau > > _, > �| > > ___ > | > | > > upsilon > > . , (_) \/ > > > \ / > V > | > > phi > > - > (|) > - I know this one (similar to lcase p) |) | > > _|_ > (_|_) > | > > chi \/ /\ \ / \/ /\ / \ 4 lines you said... > > psi > > omega > > (_|_) > > _ > _( )_ > > _ > / \ > _\ /_ > > Any ideas for the missing letters and the ones that look silly? > > Thanks, > Markus > -- > http://www.jave.de __ | ' ,-' / || | , _, __, _, _, , || | |/ (_|_)�| | (_) (/\ \/ �| ()|/ () hard 2 read that... -- ,--------------------------. | ( | | . + _ ) I | | <o> )) ( Q | |. " ) b | | . . . ( a | | ) s | | + . .xx( i | |x xx x ,x..xxxxxx) c | |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx( . | |xIxWANTxTOxBELIEVExx) d | |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx( e | `--------------------------'
[Greek letters - shortly delurking] > the ending sigma: > ,-' > `-. > `-' Never saw it like that. Rather: ,- `-. ,' or (shift of base line) _ (_ ,' And my Euripides edition (Murray, Oxford) just has: _ (_ > > > > upsilon > > > > > . , > (_) > > \/ > what about: ) ) `-' > > > > phi > > > > - > > (|) > > - _;_ (_|_) i _;_ (_|_) .i. lower case _./ (.&_) / _ (_(_) ) ' > > > > chi > > \/ > /\ > > \ / > \/ > /\ > / \ > . , X ' ` '\/ /\, > > > > psi > > (_I_) .I. (_/_) / > > __ > | ' ,-' / || > | , _, __, _, _, , || > | |/ (_|_)ïż½| | (_) (/\ \/ ïż½| ()|/ () > > > hard 2 read that... and wrong, too: Go, grab your grammar, and check aor. imp. for -isk: _ _ ' ` \I. _, _ ___, _' . )' l,' (_;_) '7_J l, (_) (_{ l_) ' I (_) l,' () ' `' ' (and now you also know where the accent goes, and what the Greek exclamation mark looks like). Also, I'd like to add the digamma that I am really missing (still present in Homer, e.g. Iliad I,7: te *anax andron, where * marks the digamma's position): _, |_ | ' Still, I doubt Perseus will switch to this kind of ASCII any time soon. Albert, re-lurking.
On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 13:39:42 GMT, Markus Moebs <Mar...@gmx.de> enlightened us with: > Markus Gebhard wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I am looking for greek letters in ascii art. I need them about 2..4 > > lines tall - so the figlet font 'greek' will not help me here... > > I have already created some characters but I am not very satisfied and > > there are a many missing. I need them both in upper and lowercase. > > it is impossible to make a lowercase xi or zeta with only 4 lines! > > > > > Here is how far I have come: > > > > rho > > > > _ > > (_) > > `- > > > > _ > > |_) > > | > > <snip> > > > > phi > > > > - > > (|) > > - > > I know this one (similar to lcase p) > > |) > | That's rho - to me (|) | looks a bit better -- o |\ _[] L_ === Stuart Moore []\, stm
Please send your messages as plain text, not HTML - especially HTML with a variable width font! -- Robert Albert REINER <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in message news:20010908224651.C427@frithjof... > [Greek letters - shortly delurking] > > > > the ending sigma: > > ,-' > > `-. > > `-' > > Never saw it like that. Rather: > > ,- > `-. > ,' > > or (shift of base line) > > _ > (_ > ,' > > And my Euripides edition (Murray, Oxford) just has: > > _ > (_ > > > > > > > upsilon > > > > > > > > . , > > (_) > > > > \/ > > > > what about: > > ) ) > `-' > > > > > > > phi > > > > > > - > > > (|) > > > - > > _;_ > (_|_) > i > > _;_ > (_|_) > .i. > > lower case > > _./ > (.&_) > / > _ > (_(_) > ) > ' > > > > > > > chi > > > > \/ > > /\ > > > > \ / > > \/ > > /\ > > / \ > > > . , > X > ' ` > > '\/ > /\, > > > > > > > psi > > > > > > (_I_) > .I. > > > (_/_) > / > > > > > __ > > | ' ,-' / || > > | , _, __, _, _, , || > > | |/ (_|_)�| | (_) (/\ \/ �| ()|/ () > > > > > > hard 2 read that... > > > and wrong, too: Go, grab your grammar, and check aor. imp. for -isk: > > _ _ > ' ` \I. _, _ ___, _' . > )' l,' (_;_) '7_J l, (_) (_{ l_) ' I (_) l,' > () ' `' ' > > (and now you also know where the accent goes, and what the Greek > exclamation mark looks like). > > > Also, I'd like to add the digamma that I am really missing (still > present in Homer, e.g. Iliad I,7: te *anax andron, where * marks the > digamma's position): > > _, > |_ > | > ' > > Still, I doubt Perseus will switch to this kind of ASCII any time > soon. > > > Albert, re-lurking. >
--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(Albert REINER said it like only they can.)-- <snip> > > > and wrong, too: Go, grab your grammar, and check aor. imp. for -isk: > > _ _ > ' ` \I. _, _ ___, _' . > )' l,' (_;_) '7_J l, (_) (_{ l_) ' I (_) l,' > () ' `' ' > > (and now you also know where the accent goes, and what the Greek > exclamation mark looks like). > well now that we have almost a full alphabet who is going to make a txt2grk perl script? I would love to have something like that to add to my txt2morse script. Then we can work on sanscript. And then submit to babelfish. ... well maybe thats going a little far. -- --(tty...@faux.local|04:45|/home/faux)-- cat .sig GUI's are for slackers. Get ibpconf.sh 6.1 on freshmeat.net It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson
In article <slr...@faux.cx936102-a.fed1.sdca.home.com>, Faux_Pseudo wrote: >--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- > --(Albert REINER said it like only they can.)-- >> _ _ >> ' ` \I. _, _ ___, _' . >> )' l,' (_;_) '7_J l, (_) (_{ l_) ' I (_) l,' >> () ' `' ' >> > >well now that we have almost a full alphabet who is going to make a >txt2grk perl script? You could make a FIGLet font out if it. In fact, I bet there is a Greek font already, just probably not this small. >I would love to have something like that to add to my txt2morse >script. I definitely do recall seeing a Morse font for FIGLet. -- Ilmari Karonen - http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/ "There's apparently something about the aerodynamics of the female body the requires exposed cleavage in order to perform a drop-kick. Seven hundred Hollywood movies can't be wrong, can they?" -- Kevin Russell in r.a.sf.c
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