Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Apr 2001.
Can you guess what it is yet?
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· 8 messages · 18 Apr 2001 - 20 Apr 2001
Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong
with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture).
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>Message-id: <dAkD6.2095$a46...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> >Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong >with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture). > > > _______ >_______ > / \ >/ __ \ > / >\ / / \ \ > / ____ \/ >/ �� \ \ > ~ >\___/ ~ > | / >\ | > | / * >* \ | > | >| > __ \ \ >/ / __ > / \ \ >\__________/ / / \ > | \ | \ \ >\??????/ / / | / | > | \ / \ \ >\?????/ / / \ / | > \ \ / \ >\______/ / \ / / > \ \/ \ >_______ / \/ / > \ \ >/ / > \ \ >/ / > \ >\_________________/ / > \___\ >/___/ > /--|--\ >/--|--\ > > hmmmm... I can't quite tell. Either the newsreader screwed it up, or it is just too wide. Try to keep to 65-68 characters in width -- no tabs either. Repost please. -joan -- __ .' '. _.-'/ | \ , _.-" ,| / a '-. |\ .-" '--""-.__.'=====================-, \ '-'` .___.--._)=========================| \ .' | joan stark - 'jgs' | | /,_.-' | spu...@juno.com | _/ _.'( | | / ,-' \ \ | ASCII ART GALLERY: | \ \ '-' jgs | http://www.ascii-art.com | '-' '--------------------------'
[Snippy Image] > > hmmmm... I can't quite tell. Either the > newsreader screwed it up, or it is just too > wide. Try to keep to 65-68 characters in > width -- no tabs either. > > Repost please. Well, I agree with Joan, it wrapped quite badly... But, Determined to see your handiwork I fixed the wrapping myself... ...And still saw nothing. Then I put it in Times New Roman, and saw something that looked sort of like a Frog. I'm still sure I'm not seeing exactly what you're trying to draw, but I stress that ASCII is done in fixed width fonts, especially ones without serifs. I suggest Lucidia Console, but anything with "System" or "Terminal" in it will probably do. Oh yeah, read the FAQ. -- .-'"T"'-. Fulgore / | \ E-mail :ful...@mindspring.com | | | Webpage:http://www.mindspring.com/~fulgore/main.html | .|. | ICQ :30360347 \ .' | '. / DC2 :DC2.D Gm A- L- W T Pawl Bzz Fo/j+ R+++ Ac+ Cbl sw'-.,|,.-' J+++! Ns S+ Fr+++! U! I H++ M--- Q+++! Tc++ Skm
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:00:29 +0100, "desoftware" <des...@ntlworld.com> provoked the following text: >Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong >with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture). Hmmm... After a lot of expeimenting, i think it's a frog. But... I saw at least three mistakes you have made (yes you have, i'm sorry). The first mistake you have made is that you have tried to work in a screen that's too wide for ASCII-art, you should keep the width of the viewscreen at a maximum of 80 characters, 74 is better and 72 is best. Second, you have placed the picture too far to the right side. You should try to keep the picture at the leftmost side of the page. Third (and probably most important) you have used a proportional font for your picture. Configure OE to use a fixed-width font like Courier New as the default font for starters, later you can find other fonts that work well with ASCII-art. And now the reasons why. For the first point: This is to prevent a picture from wrapping from one line to another as you have seen. For the second point: This is to prevent a picture which is under 80 chars wide from wrapping. And the third point: This is so that your picture can be viewed on _any_ system, be it MacOS, Linux, Windows, OS/2, or even plain MS-DOS. Keep those few things in mind, and you'll make a great ASCII-artist one day. P.S. You could re-edit your picture in Notepad (not Wordpad!) to make it look the way you intended and repost the picture, i'm still curious as to what it would look like iof you keep those 3 rules in mind. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven? Kijk op http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 1009wu/1.51yrs Mr. Worf, scan that ship. Aye, Captain... 300 DPI?
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:00:29 +0100, "desoftware" <des...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong
>with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture).
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As far as I can tell, its a lizard, maybe
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:00:29 +0100, "desoftware" <des...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong
>with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture).
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In article <dAkD6.2095$a46...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>, desoftware says... > >Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong >with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture). > > how about this? | | | | ______________ | / \ /__ \ | / \ / \ \ | / ____\ // -- \ \ | ~\_ __/~ | | /\ | | | /**\ | | | | | __ \ \ / / __ | / \ \ \__________/ / / \ | | \ | \\\??????/// | / | | | \ / \\\?????/// \ / | | \ \ / \\______// \ / / | \ \ / \_______/ \/ / | \ \ / / | \ \ / / | \ \_________________/ / | \___ \ /___/ | /--|--\ /--|--\ | | | |
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:56:45 GMT, jjs <jjs...@newsranger.com> wrote:
>In article <dAkD6.2095$a46...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>, desoftware
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>>Can anyone tell me what they think this is a picture of and what is wrong
>>with it (go easy though it is my first Ascii picture).
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>how about this?
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lets see, an iguana munching on a tasty bit of fruit?
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