Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 8 May 2001.
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· 7 messages · 8 May 2001 - 9 May 2001
ascii art - aol keyword aol://5863:126/mBLA:168946
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On 08 May 2001 15:12:14 GMT, air...@aol.com (AirForce319) enlightened us with: > ascii art - aol keyword aol://5863:126/mBLA:168946 > > ' `�.����.�� > \ � / > '|| > (�` � ._(���������)_. � ��) > `� ._ �����������_. �� > ' `�. �������������.�� > \ KRYLON /_)(__ > | spray pain'|�����|G > ' __)(__ '|�� �� |R > _____'| � � | |�����|A > | � � �'| � � |�`'��`'�|�� |F > ;`'��`'�;`�.'�| � � | ���� |�� |F > ; ;:�/�`'��`'��`'�/`�.� |�� |I > ; ;'/_____ ' /`�:�. .'|�� |T > ; ;`�. . � � . �.�`�:�.` . .� |I > ; .''� � . � �`�:�. ` . . > ; / �����/`�. . > ;__/_________/`�:�. ` ."Inthacity" > `�:�`�:�. ; :, . `�:�.` . . > ` . ` . (_. Iz ��) ` . . > . . . Sorry - not Ascii art (the � character, showing up on my system as a round dot about half way up) is not valid ascii, nor is �. I'm not sure that � or ` are either. Also, I'm not sure what this was meant to look like but it doesn't seem to have worked, although I can't work out why - proportional font? You need a font in which the lines below are all the same length: ............................ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ---------------------------- -- o |\ _[] L_ === Stuart Moore []\, stm
font needs to be Arial, 10 points
On 09 May 2001 03:13:44 GMT, air...@aol.com (AirForce319) wrote:
>font needs to be Arial, 10 points
posts to usenet for ascii should always be in
a fixed width font, so everyone can see what you
post here.
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On Tue, 08 May 2001 15:43:30 GMT, Stuart Moore <stu...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure that ` is valid ASCII
It is. It's decimal 96.
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Harry Mason (tr/@./.@/ hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk)
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In article<200...@ng-mq1.aol.com>, AirForce319 <air...@aol.com> writes: >font needs to be Arial, 10 points Nope, "ascii-art" means (1) standard characters below 128 in (2) standard monospaced fonts. In article<200...@ng-fd1.aol.com>, NoSetbacks <nos...@aol.com> writes: >i was curious what font i need to look at the ascii art, since i use an old >version of aol,arial is what i see and use regardless,so if someone can tell >me, i assume courier or terminal? Yes: the only proportional spacing that can be assumed to hold on all possible platforms is NO proportional spacing i.e. typewriter. -- .--. {")<')) 8===3 @) FTSOH + BTLO2 8===3 (*)" [/](|)] ��� � #5 : |n| L O #8 : . / \ ElRon ''' Xemoo roolZ ..".'..WheeZy... <__" ">>>
On Wed, 9 May 2001 16:14:02 +0100, Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> provoked the following text: >In article<200...@ng-mq1.aol.com>, AirForce319 ><air...@aol.com> writes: >>font needs to be Arial, 10 points > > Nope, "ascii-art" means (1) standard characters below 128 > in (2) standard monospaced fonts. > *COUGH* Would you mind taking a look at your sig? -- 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. 1087wu/1.621yrs If you eat a live frog in the morning, nothing worse will happen to either of you for the rest of the day.
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