Help with the Keystone

John Andrew Housty writes:

>I want to include the drawing of a keystone (the Pennsylvania state symbol)
>as part of an IRC script. Unfortunately I haven't been able to draw one
>correctly. Maybe someone (esp. someone from PA) out there could help me make
>improvements to this keystone.
>
>      +--------+
>       \      /
> +------+    +------+
>  \                /
>    \            /
>      \        /
>       +------+
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-John H.

I'm not from the Great State of Pennsylvania, I'm from that other Great State,
Massachusetts, but the few times I've driven through _your_ Commonwealth, I
seem to remember the symbol being just a little bit bigger:

                         +--------+
                          \      /
                 +---------+    +---------+
                 \                        /
                  \                      /
                   \                    /
                    \                  /
                     \                /
                      \              /
                       \            /
                        \          /          12 lines
                         +--------+

Now, if you want it a bit smaller:


      +------+
       \    /
  +----+    +----+
   \            /
    \          /
     \        /
      \      /      8 lines
       +----+

Or, how about:

       +----+
        \  /
     +--+  +--+
      \      /
       \    /    6 lines
        +--+

Although, looking at this again, it sort of looks like a cheap drawing of a
vase.  Well, you get what you pay for...  ;>

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John Andrew Housty writes:

>I want to include the drawing of a keystone (the Pennsylvania state symbol)
>as part of an IRC script. Unfortunately I haven't been able to draw one
>correctly. Maybe someone (esp. someone from PA) out there could help me make
>improvements to this keystone.

Well, I'm from PA (originally), and I've got a ton of work to do, so 
naturally, I couldn't resist.
  .________.
 __`.####.'__
 `##########'
  ##########
  `########'
   ########
   `######'

Seven lines was the best I could do; the angles on that sucker are beyond
my abilities.  If you need something smaller, try this:

/__________.
|           )
|          {
|___________)   Some states were made to be ascii'd.   :)

BTW:  I'm from a small town called Broomall, PA.  Broomall is famous for two
      reasons:

1) A cheezy tire commercial currently airing in the US features a flying
   baby from Broomall.
2) Broomall, PA doesn't exist.  The county post office was named after a
   Mr. Broomall, former mail carrier.  It's actually in Marple.  I know that
   nobody cares, but I enjoy bitching about flying babies from non-existant
   counties.  Color me warped.  :)

					-Ian


      
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