Re: RESULT: rec.pets.rodents.chinchillas fails 58:26

Michael Harmon (par...@nyc.pipeline.com) wrote:

: Thanks for taking the time to redraw my parrot, Colin. I'd like to know
: which font you used. Your parrot looks lop-sided to me. (I used MS Sans
: Serif Bold, 8 point, if you're interested.) 
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You need to use a non-proportional font.

My pictures are made using the PC-Write Wordprocessor which has only 
non-proportional spacing in Pica font.  The screen is 80 columns x 
24 lines and that can affect aspect ratios if viewed on a different 
screen.  

All this and more is in the excellent Ascii Art FAQ:


--------------------  Extract from the Ascii Art FAQ ---------------

  5  What is the best way to view ASCII art?

  For best results in viewing ASCII art, try:

o A 'non-proportional' font, also called a 'mono-spaced' font.  This
  is a font that displays the same number of characters per inch, no
  matter what the actual width of the characters.  If you are
  viewing with a mono-spaced font, the two lines below should appear
  the same length.

  iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
  MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

  If they don't look the same length, try another font.  Names to
  look for on various systems include: Monaco, Courier, Courier New,
  Video Terminal, System, TTY, VT100, Screen, Terminal, FixedSys,
  Line Printer, etc.

o While most ASCII pics are made to be viewed on a monitor that
  displays 80 characters across, some ASCII pics are wider, say, 81
  to 132 characters across.  They are meant to be printed.  Use a
  small, say, 4 point type, and view dark on light, or print them
  out.


There are a few important things to remember when making, viewing, 
or talking about an ASCII art image.  And they're obvious but almost 
always forgotten.  

o Even though different fonts may all be mono-spaced, they ARE
  different, and can make a picture LOOK different.  Some artists
  may mention the font the picture was made with.

o A font may be serif or sans-serif (serifs are the little feet on
  the characters).  The ascenders and descenders may be straight or
  curved.  And characters may be wide or narrow.

o The weight, or heaviness of characters can vary.  Serifs can make
  them look heavier.  Often effected by weight inconsistencies are
  symbols like:  # $ @

o Shapes can vary too:
  The more consistent shapes are:  - / \
  The more inconsistent shapes are:  ~ ^ * & | ' [ ] < > 0 l y

o Fonts from different countries may have different characters in
  them.  Characters that may not appear in a font are:

                     ^ ` # | { } ~ \ [ ] $ @

o Different systems display text differently.  If you look at a
  picture on a terminal at a Unix site, and then bring it home and
  view it on a Mac, it will look different.  On the Mac, it will be
  displayed shorter top to bottom.  In other words, it will have a
  greater aspect ratio.  Even though it contains the same number of
  lines.

See ASCII Art Resources and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version of 
the FAQ) for an aspect ratio chart.  

----------------------    End of extract  --------------------------


====================================
  26  Where is this FAQ available?
====================================

  The FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, email,
  finger:


o Newsgroups:

     rec.arts.ascii, alt.ascii-art, alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,
     alt.ascii-art.animation comp.graphics, news.answers,
     alt.answers, rec.answers, comp.answers


o FTP Sites:

->  Host: ftp.wwa.com
    Path: pub/Scarecrow
    File: FAQ
     URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ

->  Host: rtfm.mit.edu
    Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii
    File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
     URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii

->  Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk
    Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii
    File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K)
     URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii


o Gopher Servers:

->  Hast: gopher.wwa.com
   Items: 3, 3

->  Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
   Items: 10, 12, 1

->  Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be
   Items: 3, 3, 858


o World Wide Web:

 ->  URL: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html
  Select: ASCII ART FAQ (this file)
  Select: ASCII Art Resources (text version with samples of everything)
  Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything)


o Email:

-> Address: bob...@wwa.com
   Subject: REQUEST FAQ
   Subject: REQUEST RESOURCES


o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony sites:

   finger asc...@wwa.com (turn on text capture first)
                                  OR
   finger asc...@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time)
                                  OR
   finger asc...@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq')


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Feel free to use my diddles because I will attribute my revision
of your original to you anyway in any future postings of Ascii
parrot collections.

BTW what do Parrots and Chinchillas have in common ?

Bye,

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