Does the artwork in .nfo files qualify as ascii art? __Sample inside...

Does anyone ever post ascii files here specifecally designed to take
atvantage of it's use of ascii charecters to generate crude pictures?

Here's a sample, it looks MUCH better when viewed thriogh a nfo
viewer.


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nfo viewer can be downloaded here; 
http://www.acadiacom.net/syntax

I'm looking for some original art in this format.

On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:45:11 GMT, bak...@hotmail.com (Baked in
Alaska) wrote:

>Does anyone ever post ascii files here specifecally designed to take
>atvantage of it's use of ascii charecters to generate crude pictures?

Well, actually... That's what we're here for! The exception here is,
that we only make & share pictures viewable by anyone with a computer
by using only 7-bit characters.

Just hang around and wait for posts, it isn't all discussion! :-)

--8<---- Snip from the *FAQ* 
(which really should be read when subscribing to a new ng)

1.  What is ASCII art?
----------------------

    ASCII art is any kind of artwork -- pictures, charts, cartoons,
    whatever -- drawn with the characters in the ASCII character set.

    The ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
    character set is a set of 128 characters (0 to 127) which are
    standard on almost all types of computer. The only characters used
    in ASCII art are those with the values 32 to 126, which are shown
    below, and 13, which represents a carriage return (new line).
    The other characters in the ASCII character set (0-12, 13-31, and
    127) are control codes for representing things such as `end of
file'
    and `backspace'; they should not be used in ASCII art.

    032 [space] 048 0   064 @   080 P   096 `   112 p
    033 !       049 1   065 A   081 Q   097 a   113 q
    034 "       050 2   066 B   082 R   098 b   114 r
    035 #       051 3   067 C   083 S   099 c   115 s
    036 $       052 4   068 D   084 T   100 d   116 t
    037 %       053 5   069 E   085 U   101 e   117 u
    038 &       054 6   070 F   086 V   102 f   118 v
    039 '       055 7   071 G   087 W   103 g   119 w
    040 (       056 8   072 H   088 X   104 h   120 x
    041 )       057 9   073 I   089 Y   105 i   121 y
    042 *       058 :   074 J   090 Z   106 j   122 z
    043 +       059 ;   075 K   091 [   107 k   123 {
    044 ,       060 <   076 L   092 \   108 l   124 |
    045 -       061 =   077 M   093 ]   109 m   125 }
    046 .       062 >   078 N   094 ^   110 n   126 ~
    047 /       063 ?   079 O   095 _   111 o
     
    These characters are almost completely standard, except for a few
    slight variations which you should keep in mind when drawing and
    viewing ASCII art:

    # (hash/pound): 
         a hash symbol on most computers, a pound (currency) symbol on
         some British ones 
    | (bar): 
         a vertical line in most fonts, but in some it is split in the
         middle 
    ^ (caret): 
         differs in size depending on the font used 
    ~ (tilde): 
         appears in the middle of the line in some fonts, at the top
in
         others
    ' (apostrophe/single quote): 
         tilts southwest-northeast in some fonts, is vertical in
others
         (this also applies to the comma (,)).

---8<----

>Here's a sample, it looks MUCH better when viewed thriogh a nfo
>viewer.

*snip DOS ascii art*

>nfo viewer can be downloaded here; 
>http://www.acadiacom.net/syntax
>
>I'm looking for some original art in this format.

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