Answer: Why ASCII art sometimes looks jumbled

W J Siwak <rus...@ccinet.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>I constructed a 72-character-long ASCII sig, but:
>	1) When I try to print it, the sig is jumbled
>	2) When it is e-mailed at the end of a message, 
>	   the recipient is unable to read it
>
>Can someone please advise as to what the problem may be?

   It's hard to tell exactly what the problem might be, but it may be 
that you are proportional font.  ASCII art requires a monospaced font, 
where all letters, regardless of their widths, are spaced the same amount.

   The following two lines should look the same length:

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM


--
 ......  .....  ......  .......  ......  ..... .......   ......  ...  ...  ...
::::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::::: :::::: :::::::: :::::::: :::  :::  ::: 
+::     +::    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+    ::+    ::+  ::: ::+  ::: ::+  ::+  ::+ 
++::++  +:+    :+:+:+:+ :+::+:+  :+++:+ :+:    :+:++:+  :+:  +:+ :++  ++:  :+: 
 ++++++ +++    ++++++++ ++++++   +++++# +++    ++++++   +++  +++ +++  +++  +++ 
    +#+ #++    ++#  +++ ++# #++  ++#    ++#    ++# #++  ++#  +++ ++#  ++#  ++# 
##+#### +#+### +#+  #+# +#+  #+# +##+## +#+#+# +#+  #+# +#+#+##+ +###+#++#+#+# 
######   ##### ###  ### ###  ### ######  ##### ###  ###  ######   ########### 
------   ----- ---  --- ---  --- ------  ----- ---  ---  ------   ----------- 
--'---- '-'--- '-'  -'- '-'  -'- '--'-- '-'-'- '-'  -'- '-'-'--' '---'-''-'-'- 
    '-' -''    ''-  ''' ''- -''  ''-    ''-    ''- -''  ''-  ''' ''-  ''-  ''- 
 '''''' '''    '''''''' ''''''   '''''- '''    ''''''   '''  ''' '''  '''  ''' 
''..''  '.'    .'.'.'.' .'..'.'  .'''.' .'.    .'.''.'  .'.  '.' .''  ''.  .'. 
'..     '..    ..'  ... ..'  ... ..'    ..'    ..'  ... ..'  ... ..'  ..'  ..' 
....... ...... ........ ........ ...... ...... ........ ........ ...  ...  ... 
 ......  .....  ......  .......  ......  ..... .......   ......  ...  ...  ...

>   The following two lines should look the same length:
>
>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This looks ok on my web browser,but when I sent it via my e-mailer 
Pegasus) I have the same problems it has a proportioned font, does anyone 
out there know how to change it to a normal font in Pegasus (V2.01) ?

Thanks for any info !

Regards

Rob Humbersone, e-mail: r-h...@ti.com

Rob Humberstone <r-h...@ti.com> wrote:

> >   The following two lines should look the same length:
> >
> >iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
> >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

> This looks ok on my web browser,but when I sent it via my e-mailer 
> Pegasus) I have the same problems it has a proportioned font, does anyone 
> out there know how to change it to a normal font in Pegasus (V2.01) ?

> Thanks for any info !

Select the "f"onts button and use FIXEDSYS

Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:
: 
: W J Siwak <rus...@ccinet.ab.ca> wrote:
: >
: >I constructed a 72-character-long ASCII sig, but:
: >	1) When I try to print it, the sig is jumbled
: >	2) When it is e-mailed at the end of a message, 
: >	   the recipient is unable to read it
: >
: >Can someone please advise as to what the problem may be?
: 
:    It's hard to tell exactly what the problem might be, but it may be 
: that you are proportional font.  ASCII art requires a monospaced font, 
: where all letters, regardless of their widths, are spaced the same amount.
: 
:    The following two lines should look the same length:
: 
: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
: MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

if you're using MS-dos to create your .sig, you need to convert it to 
unix before you can send it on its' way.

That could be it too.
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