Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Apr 1999.
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· 19 messages · 15 Apr 1999 - 28 Apr 1999
Where would a good place to learn ascii? Or anyone have some tips for
me? I want to make ascii but have no clue how, everything I have tried
has been out of alignment and ugly. Thanks
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[----ch0wn----]
[-www.ro0t.nu-]
PS: The sig is out of boredom, don't whine about ugliness of it
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Where would a good place to learn ascii? Or anyone have some tips for me? I
want to make ascii but have no clue how, everything I have tried has been
out of alignment and ugly. Thanks
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ch0wn writes > Where would a good place to learn ascii? Or anyone have some tips > for me?�I want to make ascii but have no clue how, everything I > have tried has been out of alignment and ugly. Thanks > >�_____________ >[----ch0wn----] >[-www.ro0t.nu-] > > PS: The sig is out of boredom, don't whine about ugliness of it [][ hi ... you're looking for an Ascii-art Document Archive ? ... looks like you're in Texas, USA ? ... try the Seattle one first http://voices.vossnet.co.uk/a/atkins/ada/ (Langley, UK) http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (London UK) http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA) happy ascii-ing [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:>
.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: |. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ |:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk |' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> '--------------------------------- Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) Nice one C! -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Martin Atkins wrote in message <371...@news.vossnet.net>... >.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: >|. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ >|:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk >|' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> >'--------------------------------- >Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain >reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. > >I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... > >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S > >Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _)` How about that?
On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Andrew Carpenter wrote: > > Martin Atkins wrote in message <371...@news.vossnet.net>... > >.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: > >|. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ > >|:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk > >|' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> > >'--------------------------------- > >Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain > >reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. > > > >I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... > > > >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S > > > >Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) > > > |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _(` > > How about that? > _ ....or for the S... _( +------------------------------------+ | ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ {"} | | Geraldine Jones . | . | | we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | +-----------------------------~~~----+
Andrew ( new...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.uk ) 18.04.99 "Re: info": > >I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... > > > >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S > > > >Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) > > > |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _)` > > How about that? Well I'd prefer to use some other Ms and Ns... .\\ .\ |? |" | .\' .\ |" |< | .\' )' Only my 2 pence ___ ____/ "\____,\______,\___ _,\ PGP-Key / "\ \ _>_ . \\ "T \ available / \ \ T~ i___/ ' / \ \ ' / i ! "\ . \ \ |______/_____>_______/__i .> - - - -- --- -----\ |-----------------------| _//--- -- - - \| Pa-...@gmx.de |/ Customer: A primitive life form at the bottom of the food chain.
Geraldine Jones wrote in message ... >On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Andrew Carpenter wrote: > >> >> Martin Atkins wrote in message <371...@news.vossnet.net>... >> >.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: >> >|. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ >> >|:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk >> >|' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> >> >'--------------------------------- >> >Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain >> >reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. >> > >> >I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... >> > >> >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S >> > >> >Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) >> >> >> |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _(` >> >> How about that? >> _ >....or for the S... _( Ahh but that takes it up to two lines then.. Andrew .--------------------------------------------. | "If mice could talk, their conversations | | would probably be pretty boring, unless | | you happened to like cheese an awful lot." | `--------------------------------------------'
>Subject: Re: info >From: "Andrew Carpenter" <new...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.uk> >Date: 4/18/99 5:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: <7fdj2j$kl8$1...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> > > >Martin Atkins wrote in message <371...@news.vossnet.net>... >>.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: >>|. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ >>|:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk >>|' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> >>'--------------------------------- >>Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain >>reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. >> >>I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... >> >>|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S >> >>Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) > > >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _)` > >How about that? > Or this? |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _.~ -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Mythos Online : Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *Yahoo! Clubs horror movie fanatix* http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/horrormoviefanatix
In article <199...@ng137.aol.com>, les...@aol.com.Tony.C. (Lester5374) wrote: > > >Subject: Re: info > >From: "Andrew Carpenter" <new...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.uk> > >Date: 4/18/99 5:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time > >Message-id: <7fdj2j$kl8$1...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> > > > > > >Martin Atkins wrote in message <371...@news.vossnet.net>... > >>.----- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:14:40 +0100, CJRandall posted: > >>|. /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ > >>|:( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk > >>|' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:> > >>'--------------------------------- > >>Sorry Colin but I've only just noticed how clever your sig is... The brain > >>reconstructs the holes left by the spaces due to it being one line. > >> > >>I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... > >> > >>|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S > >> > >>Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) > > > > > >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _)` > > > >How about that? > > > > Or this? > > |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _.~ Or this? |v| /\ |2 7` | |\| /\ 7` |< | |\| ,)` Or this? ||| /\ |2 7` | |\| /\ 7` |< | |\| 5 NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- |_ |_ | 7_ /\ |2 |) /\ |< /\ [ _| ||| cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ha ,^ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions ha / " "
.----- On 19 Apr 1999 16:54:00 +0200, pa-...@GMX.de David Hendrix posted: |Andrew ( new...@gloucestershire.freeserve.co.uk ) 18.04.99 "Re: info": | |> >I wonder if my name will work with that type of thing... |> > |> >|\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| S |> > |> >Er... no idea how to construct the S... :o) |> |> |> |\/| .\ |? "|" | |\| .\ "|" |< | |\| _)` |> |> How about that? | | Well I'd prefer to use some other Ms and Ns... | | .\\ .\ |? |" | .\' .\ |" |< | .\' )' | '------------------------------ This and all of the other suggestions are excellent... thanks everyone :o) I don't think I'm going to use in in my sig though ATM because I need two lines to split my email address over :o) Thanks, -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
Ben Stocum writes >On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Robert Townsend wrote: > >> How could I squeeze out this E in my name? >> >> .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |) >> > >donno maybe I am crazy? I have seen (= , which looks more like the c64 >symbol, \= /= /: \: {= [= don't really seem to do much... > > > .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| |: \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' [: ,\~ |) > > >two differen't thoughts... hey can anyone help me with mine? > >[: |: .\' > >[: |: /)/ >B E N > > > >.\ B ( |) |: |= G |-| | .| |< |_ .\\ .\/ () /' (, R )' '|' (_| >/\ |: [ [: )= & ][ _| |{ /_ /\/\ /\/ [] /* (,) "|" |_| > [: (< (_; .\' ( ) |* > >\/ \// .\' ',' `/. >\' \\' `/ '/_ >\~ \\~ >'/ '// > >anything to add? > > > >-Ben > [][ hi ... yep ... some of them are real toughies to solve effectively A .\ /\ /. /-\ B /} |} |: C ( D /) |) [) E (= [~ [- [= [: F /= G (; (_; (, H |-| |=| I / | J _/ _| K /< |< |{ L /, |_ |, /_ M /\/\ (\(\ (\/) |\/| /v\ |v| |\/) .\\ N /\/ |\) |\| .\~ .\/ .\) /\) O () P /* |* /^ /o Q (,) *| ()_ R /? |? |2 |Z S _< $ & )' _/~ _<~ T ~|~ '|' "|" U |_| |_) V \/ \' W \^/ \/\/ \/\) \\' \\~ X ,\' >< Y `/ `/ Z `/, ~/_ % >_ [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:>
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Robert Townsend wrote: > How could I squeeze out this E in my name? > > .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |) > (- > or {- or {= or [- or [= or <- +------------------------------------+ | ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ {"} | | Geraldine Jones . | . | | we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | +-----------------------------~~~----+
How could I squeeze out this E in my name? .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |)
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Robert Townsend wrote: > How could I squeeze out this E in my name? > > .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |) > > donno maybe I am crazy? I have seen (= , which looks more like the c64 symbol, \= /= /: \: {= [= don't really seem to do much... .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| |: \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' [: ,\~ |) two differen't thoughts... hey can anyone help me with mine? [: |: .\' [: |: /)/ B E N .\ B ( |) |: |= G |-| | .| |< |_ .\\ .\/ () /' (, R )' '|' (_| /\ |: [ [: )= & ][ _| |{ /_ /\/\ /\/ [] /* (,) "|" |_| [: (< (_; .\' ( ) |* \/ \// .\' ',' `/. \' \\' `/ '/_ \~ \\~ '/ '// anything to add? -Ben
On Sat, 24 Apr 1999 19:30:20 -0700, Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote: >On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Robert Townsend wrote: > >> How could I squeeze out this E in my name? >> >> .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |) >> (- >> or {- > or {= > or [- > or [= > or <- (-` for a little e? I know it's pretty font specific but...my best idea so far:) Maybe <-`? or just @? > >+------------------------------------+ >| ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ {"} | >| Geraldine Jones . | . | >| we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | >+-----------------------------~~~----+ K.
it just seems 2 me, ch0wn is just 2 keen on HTML and variable width true type fonts... ;-)
CJRandall ( col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ) 24.04.99 "Re: info": > B /} |} |: |3 > C ( [ > H |-| |=| || > J _/ _| .] ] ,] > N /\/ |\) |\| .\~ .\/ .\) /\) .\' > T ~|~ '|' "|" |" > X ,\' >< '/. seems to be better since there is less resemblance with .\' for N this way... > Z `/, ~/_ % >_ But you couldn't und '/. for Z then ___ ____/ "\____,\______,\___ _,\ PGP-Key / "\ \ _>_ . \\ "T \ available / \ \ T~ i___/ ' / \ \ ' / i ! "\ . \ \ |______/_____>_______/__i .> - - - -- --- -----\ |-----------------------| _//--- -- - - \| Pa-...@gmx.de |/ "Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life." - Germaine Greer
Robert ( mr....@worldnet.att.net ) 24.04.99 "Re: info": > How could I squeeze out this E in my name? > > .\\ .\ "|" "|" |-| E \\~ "|" () \\~ .\~ )' E ,\~ |) .\\ .\ |" |" || [- \\' |" () \\' .\' )' [- .\' [) Well it's the closest I can think of... That is as long as you don't want to use the old '3L1T3 H@CK3RZ DuD3Z' 3 for your E.... BTW you shouldn't use those ~ since many fonts don't show them at the top of the line but in the middle, which looks very strage then... ___ ____/ "\____,\______,\___ _,\ PGP-Key / "\ \ _>_ . \\ "T \ available / \ \ T~ i___/ ' / \ \ ' / i ! "\ . \ \ |______/_____>_______/__i .> - - - -- --- -----\ |-----------------------| _//--- -- - - \| Pa-...@gmx.de |/ If Window$95 sucked it would be good for something.
David Hendrix writes >CJRandall ( col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ) 24.04.99 "Re: info": > > >> X ,\' >< > > '/. seems to be better since there is less resemblance with .\' for N > this way... > >> Z `/, ~/_ % >_ > > But you couldn't und '/. for Z then [][ hi ... i've added the extras .. and the adjustments shown .. the whole scheme for single line alphas is somewhat font specific and is also enhanced by similarity of theme for readability [][ see yuz [][ colin -- . /\_/\ ( () |_ | |\| _/ |? .\ |\| |) .\ |_ |_ :( a a( CJRandall http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk ' \___") <tHISsIGiStHEoNLYpROMOmYwEBsITEgETSaNYWAY:>
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