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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Apr 2000.
Re: new to group/hi all

Re: new to group/hi all

llizard wrote:
> 
> In article <1e8...@behnsen.de>, fra...@behnsen.de
> (frank behnsen) wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > been reading (or should i say "viewing"?) this NG for
> > a while and i thought it was about time to contribute ...
> >
> > i've been an occasional ASCII artist for some years now;
> > if you enjoy the picture below i'd love to post some more.
> 
> [snip of eye drawn with nonstandard characters]
> 
> > this image was created on my trusty old macintosh SE/30
> > from 1989, using a software named "ASCII-paint", with some
> > text edits added here and there.
> >
> > doing ASCII art i frequently use a blend of techniques;  from
> > conversion of my own icon designs (see my signature below) to typing
> > manually to the aforementioned ASCII-paint application.
> >
> > hope ya like it,
> > frank
> 
> Frank, it's a nice eye. But the odd looking S is a non standard
> character. Some systems won't see that character. Some systems will
> replace it with two or three characters thus distorting your drawing
> beyond recognition.
> 
[SNIP of the effect of the evil S-er]

Here, an '8' really (no honestly!) looks darker than the 'S'

88888888SSSSSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS
88888SSS888SSSSS
8888SSSS8888SSSS
8888SSSS8888SSSS
88888SSS888SSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS
88888888SSSSSSSS

Besides, an 'o' is half an '8'
(that doesn't prove much)

See you, Ojoshiro
-- 
#!/usr/local/perl/bin/perl
$/ = '#'; while ( <DATA> ) { chop; s/\n//g; print "$_\n"; }
__END__
   ,--.      ,-------------.#  /  ``-o.  
( Hey Woodstock )# (  | ____) 
)`-------------'# `-' (      .,# .|J  )    
<' <#  "> '--.   (_,=#                    Sch
ultz#                              ojo...@lunatech.com

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