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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 22 Apr 1998.
Re: Stereograms

Re: Stereograms

From l...@nospam.com · alt.ascii-art · 22 Apr 1998 00:00 · View full thread · report
On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:28:03 -0600, Idaho Pro Wannabe <mcn...@micron.net> wrote:

>I've seen several posts of and about stereograms, but I'm not sure what
>the "definition" really is.  Is it just a phrase or series of words
>repeated over and over?  Or is there a more artistic quality to it. 
>I've made several that kind of look cool, and have a theme, but I'm not
>sure if they really stereograms.  

I'd say the mindtrick is what makes them stereograms.
This is done by the 'repetition' technique, if you like.
Because of the limited nature of ASCII art, in this area
it often results in words repeated over and over, but it
is not limited to it by definition (e.g. there are some
fine 'hidden' ascii stereograms around).

One of my fav sigs...8 layers :)

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 |["""""""""]X["""""""""]X["""""""""]X["""""""""]X["""""""""]X["""""""""]|
 |"XXX""SIG"""XXX""SIG"""XXX""SIG"""XXX""SIG"""XXX""SIG"""XXX""SIG"""XXX"|
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                    Lennert Stock - a...@lstock.demon.nl
       Ssshh! ASCII Art Hideout. http://www.lstock.demon.nl/aas.html

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