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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 4 Oct 1998.
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fonts?

fonts?

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 4 Oct 1998
Edame <ggz...@dial.pipex.com> 4 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
Hi again,
thanx for all the Southpark images that people sent me, the only problem is
that they look a bit weird, what is the best font to view them with so that
they are spaced out properly? Can anyone send a good font to me?
Cheers
Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 4 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
>Message-id: <6v858o$19k$1...@plug.news.pipex.net>

> only problem is
>that they look a bit weird, what is the best font to view them with so that
>they are spaced out properly? Can anyone send a good font to me?

You probably don't need an additional font...
any fixed-width font will do for ASCII art--
look for FixedSys or Courier.  If you're on
a Mac, look for Monaco...

Any font where the following two lines are
the same length will work...

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IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

ASCII art will look skewed in proportional
fonts.
-joan
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