Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 10 May 1994.
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· 4 messages · 10 May 1994 - 12 May 1994
BA> <-- BA> < _mm_ _am, _am, _g_ag, _am, _am, _g_ag, _am, .g, g, g BA> < qK. " ,gF @._gF @ ^ NX #_gF ,@ ,gF @,^ NX #vgF @_-d8# g# g@ BA> < *b, 8Y 8Y d dY 8Ew*" 8Y dY 8Y d j# _j# _d# BA> < , dN.jK , jK ,Z" ,jF jK , jK , jF jK ,N jN _*jN _*jN", BA> < *h,W" NbpP NbpY"V^dF NbpP NbpP dF NbpP V#^ V#^ *V^ How did you do this??? Can you do one for me? My "Handle" is "Shadow" Thanx -=>Shadow<=- --- � MF-Sig v1.2 � My Majornet (E-Mail) Address: Shadow@GCC --- � QMPro 1.52 � Desk: A large wastebasket with drawers and a phone.
How does he do it? Very carefully. Seriously, I can only think of two possible ways the famous Scarecrow makes his sigs. 1) He comes up with a good idea (or sees a good idea somewhere else and copies it) and proceeds to create the graphic by hand (er, by keyboard?) or 2) He uses a little program called figlet which lets you type in words/phrases and spits out large versions in one of the many fonts available. (Of course, my personal opinion is the only way anyone can have as many sigs as Scarecrow is to put an infinite number of monkeys in front of an infinite number of computers and take anything that vaguely looks like Scarecrow. :-) -- Alan De Smet cha...@yar.cs.wisc.edu Mostly (But not entirely) Harmless The opinions expressed above are yours.
Frist, mat...@granite.mn.org (Matt Fetterley) quoted this sig:
_mm_ _am, _am, _g_ag, _am, _am, _g_ag, _am, .g, g, g,
qK. " ,gF @._gF @ ^ NX #_gF ,@ ,gF @,^ NX #vgF @_-d8# g# g@
*b, 8Y 8Y d dY 8Ew*" 8Y dY 8Y d j# _j# _d#
, dN.jK , jK ,Z" ,jF jK , jK , jF jK ,N jN _*jN _*jN",'
*h,W" NbpP NbpY"V^dF NbpP NbpP dF NbpP V#^ V#^ *V^
And then wrote:
>How did you do this??? Can you do one for me? My "Handle" is "Shadow"
I happened to have a 'Shadow' in my files. It's not the same, but
maybe you'll like it better. Here it is:
/SSSSSSSS /HH /HH /AAAAAAAA /DDDDDD /OOOOOOOO /WW /WW
/ SS__ SS / HH / HH / AA__ AA / DD__ DD / OO__ OO / WW / WW
| SS |__/ | HH | HH | AA | AA | DD \ DD | OO | OO | WW | WW
| SSSSSSSS | HHHHHHHH | AAAAAAAA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW /WW| WW
|_____ SS | HH__ HH | AA__ AA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW/ WW| WW
/SS | SS | HH | HH | AA | AA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW| WW| WW
/ SSSSSSSS | HH | HH | AA | AA | DDDDDD/ | OOOOOOOO | WWWWWWWWWW
|________/ |__/ |__/ |__/ |__/ |______/ |________/ |__________/
Then Mostly Harmless <cha...@yar.cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>How does he do it? Very carefully. Seriously, I can only think of two
>possible ways the famous Scarecrow makes his sigs. 1) He comes up with
>a good idea (or sees a good idea somewhere else and copies it) and proceeds
>to create the graphic by hand (er, by keyboard?) or 2) He uses a little
>program called figlet which lets you type in words/phrases and spits out
>large versions in one of the many fonts available.
Yes, I either get an idea or steal one, then I make the 'Scarecrow'
sig by hand. I still use Figlet, but not as often as I used to. I do
most sigs by hand now.
>(Of course, my personal opinion is the only way anyone can have as many
>sigs as Scarecrow is to put an infinite number of monkeys in front of
>an infinite number of computers and take anything that vaguely looks like
>Scarecrow. :-)
You caught me. I have a banana plantation and can hire an infinite
number of monkeys. They keep producing King Lear and posting pics to the
Net of Beavis & Butthead.
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> > /SSSSSSSS /HH /HH /AAAAAAAA /DDDDDD /OOOOOOOO /WW /WW >/ SS__ SS / HH / HH / AA__ AA / DD__ DD / OO__ OO / WW / WW >| SS |__/ | HH | HH | AA | AA | DD \ DD | OO | OO | WW | WW >| SSSSSSSS | HHHHHHHH | AAAAAAAA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW /WW| WW >|_____ SS | HH__ HH | AA__ AA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW/ WW| WW > /SS | SS | HH | HH | AA | AA | DD | DD | OO | OO | WW| WW| WW >/ SSSSSSSS | HH | HH | AA | AA | DDDDDD/ | OOOOOOOO | WWWWWWWWWW >|________/ |__/ |__/ |__/ |__/ |______/ |________/ |__________/ > > Then Mostly Harmless <cha...@yar.cs.wisc.edu> wrote: >> >>How does he do it? Very carefully. Seriously, I can only think of two in UNIX and amny flavours of DOS try ###### # # ## # # # # ###### ##### # # # # ## # ## # # # # ###### # # # # # # # # ##### # # # # ###### # # # # # # # ##### # # # # # ## # ## # # # ###### # # # # # # ###### # # From there you just enhance ed -- REAL RADIOS ed...@psg.com GLOW IN THE DARK ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<<^^>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>No Voice>>>>>> Amateur Radio KA9AHQ @ 28.340 <<<<<<<No Vice<< >>> Kshatriya Auscultating 9 Ailurophiles Hypothesizing Quodlibets <<<
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