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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 17 Feb 2009.
Re: What do we call these?

Re: What do we call these?

* Faux_Pseudo wrote :
> _.-In alt.ascii-art, Moz wrote the following -._
>> I see these listed in peoples emails and I love them, but what would I
>> even call this stuff? I've looked under ASCII art, but that is always
>> drawings. I just want embellished text really.
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>
> Its just some ansi.  The problem with using it is that it won't
> display the same every where.  For example when I read your post I saw
> this: 
>
>> ??*??)
>> ??.*????.**????) ??.**????)
>> (??.*?? (??*????(?? Gling!
>> (??.*?? (??.*????
<snip />

It displays correctly with the latest/current version of slrn  ;)

But as you point out, it's not ascii.

-- 
Troy Piggins

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