Webpage asciifont

Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?

Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?

Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?

In alt.ascii-art,  <mar...@telia.com.deletethis> wrote:
> Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
> webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?

Any font you select has to be on the remote system for the browser
to use it. Chances are slim that will help much.

> Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?

A <PRE></PRE> block is necessary to make sure that the whitespace does
not get squished. Added benefit is that <PRE></PRE> also uses a fixed
width font (but which one used may vary).

> Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
> using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?

That will work, but you can esacpe the special characters with a
global replace in your editor. The ones you need to worry about
are:

	&	=> 	&amp;
	<	=>	&lt;
	>	=>	&gt;

Do the ampersand first so that you don't break the codes for < and >.

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You need the <pre> tags no matter what font you use. I like fixedsys
font. 

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:22:00 GMT, mar...@telia.com.deletethis
wrote:

>Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
>webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?
>
>Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?
>
>Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
>using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?
>

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In article <3ab...@news.onemain.com>, SheDragon wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:22:00 GMT, mar...@telia.com.deletethis
>wrote:
>
>>Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
>>webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?
>>Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?
>
>You need the <pre> tags no matter what font you use. I like fixedsys
>font. 

Right.  For more details, read Eli's post in this thread.  I'd like to
add one word of caution:  The "obvious" solution:

  <pre><font face="Fixedsys"> :-( </font></pre>

..is technically incorrect, since the HTML standard forbids font tags
inside pre.  More importantly, I just recently heard reports of some
browsers ignoring the pre tags in such a construct, with rather ugly
results.  The proper solution would be:

  <pre style="font: Fixedsys, monospaced;"> :-) </pre>

..or even better, using a full CSS style sheet:

  PRE.asciiart {
    font: 12pt/12pt bold Topaz New, terminal, monospaced;
    color: green;  /* why not, while we're at it? */
  }

..so that you can simply write:

  <pre class=asciiart> :-) </pre>


>>Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
>>using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?

As Eli said, just replace & with &amp; and < with &lt;

-- 
Ilmari Karonen - http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
"/* If you don't understand, don't touch */"  -- Abigail in the monastery

At 15 Mar 2001 21:50:42 GMT Eli the Bearded <*@qz.little-neck.ny.us>
wrote 39 Lines about "Re: Webpage asciifont" in "alt.ascii-art"

>In alt.ascii-art,  <mar...@telia.com.deletethis> wrote:
>> Anyone have a suggestion for which font to use to put some ascii on my
>> webpage and it look good on many plattformsnot just pc+windows?
>
>Any font you select has to be on the remote system for the browser
>to use it. Chances are slim that will help much.
>
>> Or should I just use the <PRE></PRE> tags?
>
>A <PRE></PRE> block is necessary to make sure that the whitespace does
>not get squished. Added benefit is that <PRE></PRE> also uses a fixed
>width font (but which one used may vary).
>
>> Maybe its best to put a .txt in a frame or the webpage get corrupt if
>> using the < / \ > codes in the asciiart?
>
>That will work, but you can esacpe the special characters with a
>global replace in your editor. The ones you need to worry about
>are:
>
>	&	=> 	&amp;
>	<	=>	&lt;
>	>	=>	&gt;
>
>Do the ampersand first so that you don't break the codes for < and >.

Maybe we need a new HTML tag

<ASCIIART>

 o
/|\_      /
/ \ -0||||

</ASCIIART>

The most important new feature in HTML5

In article <hfo...@4ax.com>, mar...@telia.com.deletethis wrote:
>
>Maybe we need a new HTML tag
>
><ASCIIART>
> o
>/|\_      /
>/ \ -0||||
></ASCIIART>

Hmm.. exactly how would that be different from:

  <PRE>
   o
  /|\_      /
  / \ -0||||
  </PRE>

-- 
Ilmari Karonen - http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/
'"Intuitive" in this situation can generally be translated as "Try the 100
 most likely commands.  None of them will work, but you'll kick yourself
 when you find out what you should have typed."'  -- Charles Miller in SDM

> & => &
> < => &lt;
> > => &gt;
>

These work as stated.   If you're looking for some other ones that you think
might have problems you can also use the ASCII decimal value.  Like....

&#255;   for   �
  or
&#174;   for  �
  etc.

don't forget the semi-colon!
I made a list of the ASCII character codes for HTML pages....
http://yaoga.vr9.com/chars.html
I didn't feel like typing them all, so I used JavaScript to print them on
the fly.  So you need JavaScript to view it.

Happy typing!
-Okah Yaoga