Re: newbie's work
From Boris Zyryanov <bor...@worldnet.att.net>
· alt.ascii-art
· 22 Oct 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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> Leo Choy <lmw...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:380...@hotmail.com... > : hi all, > : i am new to this newsgroup, here's my work, any comments are fine: > : ______0_________________8 8 > : ___/ |_________|________|=====|=====|[]= > : {| _____|_________|=======|=====| ==|=======> > : {|____/ /_/ \ \ > : / \ \ > : \ \ > : \ \ > : it is a rifle. > > Looks garbled , messed up , out of sync.. > > The reason for this is that you have used the font called Arial to draw this. > Arial is a proportional font .. which means that not all characters are of equal > width. This causes problems when displayed on a computer which does'nt have the > exact same font or newsreader. > > Therefore all ASCII images are drawn in a fixed-width font (like courier or > courier-new) because even if displayed on a different computer with a different > fixed-width font, the image will look much the same - Besides it's easier to > draw an ASCII if you are sure the characters are of equal width. > > I redoddled you image in courier-new .. now it looks like this. > (remember to read it with a fixed-width font) > > ______0_________________8 8 > ___/ |_________|________|=====|=====|[]= > {| ____|_________|========|=====| ==|=======> > {|____/ /_/ \ \ > / \ \ > \ \ > \_\ > > > Nice .. try to do some more using fixed-width fonts. > TIP : In my opinion the best ASCII's are the funny and cute ones .. they are > always very popular .. weapons of massdestruction are not at the top of the > wishlist .. but ofcourse anyone can draw anything they'd like. > > Regards > .: CeeJay :. a) RIfle of Leo looks much beter. b) Rifle of CeeJay is all messed up and garbled. I have no idea how did he achieve this using Courier New :)
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