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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Jul 1997.
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Questions Regarding ASCII Art

Questions Regarding ASCII Art

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 15 Jul 1997
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 15 Jul 1997 00:00 · raw headers · report 
In article <5qe4ur$ms...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>, 
"Lisa M. Higgs" <dc5...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> writes:
>Hi, my name is Lisa Payne.  I was looking at the ASCII art on freenet
>and wanted to send a copy of one of the roses to a friend, in an 
>Email.  I tried to duplicate it, but it didn't turn out right. 
>I noticed your name on many of the contributions and thought you
>could help me.  Is there special fonts you must use?  

 Typewriter font (courier, monaco, etc).

>Is there legal copyright problems when duplicating ASCII art?  

 People generally make it for fun, but it is polite to leave credits on

>Are there books that can teach me how to draw my own?

 There are FAQs on this newsgroup--mostly it's "monkey see monkey do"

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