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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 28 Oct 1997.
 _   _                     _        _             _     _           
| | | |___  ___ _ __   ___| |_     / \   _ __ ___| |__ (_)_   _____ 
| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
| |_| \__ \  __/ | | |  __/ |_   / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V /  __/
 \___/|___/\___|_| |_|\___|\__| /_/   \_\_|  \___|_| |_|_| \_/ \___|
request : rock ..paper..scissors.

request : rock ..paper..scissors.

alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 28 Oct 1997 - 29 Oct 1997
Bssgrl <bss...@aol.com> ASCII art 28 Oct 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
                 m                                               ^          ^
         %//88888             ~~~~~~~          \ \      / /
     88888888888\\         |=======|            \ \   / /
  %888888888888&     |=======|               \ v/
  ~*?????????????)    |=======|               /\ \ 
                                      |=======|             / /  \ \
                                      -------------           (() )  (() )  
 (Bssgrl)
                                                                   ~~   ~~
Hope this helps, the rock was a tough one

Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> ASCII art 28 Oct 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
Bssgrl wrote:
> 
>                  m                                               ^          ^
>          %//88888             ~~~~~~~          \ \      / /
>      88888888888\\         |=======|            \ \   / /
>   %888888888888&     |=======|               \ v/
>   ~*?????????????)    |=======|               /\ \
>                                       |=======|             / /  \ \
>                                       -------------           (() )  (() )
>  (Bssgrl)
>                                                                    ~~   ~~
> Hope this helps, the rock was a tough one

Seeing it was even tougher...

1. Always use a "non-proportional" (also called "monospaced") font for
ascii pictures ("Courier" is such a font). How to tell if you use a
non-proportional font? If these two lines have the same lenght then you
probably do:

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

2. NEVER put tabs in ascii pictures! Why? Because they look different in
different computers, they can even look different in different programs
in the same computer.

3. Make sure to only use characters from the "Yes, yes, yes, MUST use
these" part of this ascii table:

=================================================================
|  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |
|                                                               |
|  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|
|  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |
| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|
| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |
|       |                                                       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |
|                                                               |
| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |
|                                                       |127 DEL|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Anything that is not in the MUST USE section is automatically |
| in the MUST NOT USE section! (this includes tabs)             |
=================================================================

4. Test post to alt.test if you don't feel sure about how your news
program works. Even if you have done 1, 2, and 3 above correctly you may
still end up with a blurb if your program "does things" to your
artwork... (for example, some news programs come up with the cute idea
to "linewrap" without first asking you for permission to do so...)

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llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 29 Oct 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <345...@on.spammer>, Veronica Karlsson
<dre...@on.spammer> wrote:
> 
> Bssgrl wrote:
> >
> >                  m                                               ^          ^
> >          %//88888             ~~~~~~~          \ \      / /
> >      88888888888\\         |=======|            \ \   / /
> >   %888888888888&     |=======|               \ v/
> >   ~*?????????????)    |=======|               /\ \
> >                                       |=======|             / /  \ \
> >                                       -------------           (() )  (() )
> >  (Bssgrl)
> >                                                                    ~~   ~~
> > Hope this helps, the rock was a tough one
> 
> Seeing it was even tougher...
> 
> 1. Always use a "non-proportional" (also called "monospaced") font for
> ascii pictures ("Courier" is such a font). How to tell if you use a
> non-proportional font? If these two lines have the same lenght then you
> probably do:
> 
> MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
> 
> 2. NEVER put tabs in ascii pictures! Why? Because they look different in
> different computers, they can even look different in different programs
> in the same computer.
> 
> 3. Make sure to only use characters from the "Yes, yes, yes, MUST use
> these" part of this ascii table:
> 
> =================================================================
> |  No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these:                               |
> |                                                               |
> |  0 NUL|  1 SOH|  2 STX|  3 ETX|  4 EOT|  5 ENQ|  6 ACK|  7 BEL|
> |  8 BS |  9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |
> | 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|
> | 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |
> |       |                                                       |
> |---------------------------------------------------------------|
> | Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these:                                |
> |                                                               |
> | 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
> | 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
> | 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
> | 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
> | 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
> | 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
> | 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
> | 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
> | 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
> |104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
> |112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
> |120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |       |
> |---------------------------------------------------------------|
> | No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either:                      |
> |                                                       |127 DEL|
> |---------------------------------------------------------------|
> | Anything that is not in the MUST USE section is automatically |
> | in the MUST NOT USE section! (this includes tabs)             |
> =================================================================
> 
> 4. Test post to alt.test if you don't feel sure about how your news
> program works. Even if you have done 1, 2, and 3 above correctly you may
> still end up with a blurb if your program "does things" to your
> artwork... (for example, some news programs come up with the cute idea
> to "linewrap" without first asking you for permission to do so...)
> 
> --
>      _    ____  _         _    _   _      _   _
> __ _| |__/ __ \| |_  _ __| |__| | | |_  _| |_| |_    ___ ___
> \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || |  _| ' \ _(_-</ -_)
>  \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___|
>          \____/             http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/news
>    LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/

Good explanation, Veronica.

In the meantime, I think this is pretty close to what Bssgrl had in
mind.
.

      m                          ^     ^
   %//88888         ~~~~~~~      \\   //
 88888888888\\     |=======|      \\ //
%888888888888&     |=======|       \v/
~*?????????????)   |=======|       /\\
                   |=======|      // \\
                    -------     (0 ) (0 )   (Bssgrl)
                                 ~~   ~~



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       (__)_/>               to have scissors...
             >
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