Re: REQ: Huge Mona Lisa
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
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· 2 Jun 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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The Irishman <doc...@ucs.indiana.edu> wrote: >Its been awhile now, but I saw an ascii art portrait of the Mona Lisa in a >computer building on my campus at one point. I sent some people e-mail >asking them if they have the file, but I doubt I will hear a response. I >was wondering if anyone has any large Mona Lisa ascii art. The one that I >saw was (I'm guessing) about 200 Characters by 300 Characters. Please if >anyone has anything even remotely larger than a standard tabloid page, >please let me know. Here is the definitive, and quite ancient, "Ascii Mona Lisa" which only looks good if printed out using bold or overstrike to get the best contrast. I use black print because I do not have a colour printer but it may look good in brown or sepia...like the old photographic prints. My printer program will not print lines beginning with a dot so I I have made every line in the picture start with a colon to allow successful printing. The picture actually looks quite horrid and unrecognisable on screen but printed onto A4 size paper using "Pica Bold Non-proportional Fixed Font" and viewed from a distance of about 5 feet it looks quite stunning. It is well worth printing out in a suitable font. I have a copy pinned on my wall above my computer. ::';t)/!||||(//L+)'(-\\/ddjWWW#######WmKK(\!(/-|J=/\\t/!-/\!_L\)! :|-!/(!-)\L\)/!\5(!.!LWW###################WK/|!\\\\/!;\/\T\/((\- :|!'//\//(-!t\Y/\L!m#####M####################WLt\\!)\/J-//)/;t\, :--/-.\.\/\.!)///m######K#######################WK!/!-( )-!,|/\T ://,\--`--!-/\(q#######DD##########################L\\\\-!!//!\\, :-.-!\'!!\-\/:W########N############################W,).'-.-/\-'; :!.\!-!-!`!-!W#######P|+~**@@@#######################W/,/'\-/,\7- :--`,-- -/.:W###*P!' \`Z8#####################;,\\`,\,\ :`.'.'\`-.-d##5'- -- '-:V@##########W#########_\-!-\\- :`, -,.'/,G##K- ' - )7KM###################\-----/ :- '- --:##@; -!ZZ###################W! \'!-' : '-.`- G###|. `,D8K###################|/-.-/, :-' ,-//###@) -)ZWMW##################\` _\ :- ' .:Yd###! `-!(K5K##################|(/L|, : - :\G###Z- ` ! -;55ZZ#################)(4)' : . -!W####!\ ` ' !-tVG################XNVZ- : tt####@-. ` ')(W################D)8@| : )8#####\ .-`-/KW#################KD#| : ||Z####W!- .::,\.. -,;\bZKK######8#K#########(#8| : KN8#####( ,:!/GG_ d4KW8ZKW#WWK#W#88#######W##########WK#- : )/8K###K#W#WP~~~T4( dW##7'___L#M####MM8W###W############bM8| :\!48#K####8##W*###WY; WRob+~~######*ff/\NM8###############WW#| :.\\KW###W#,~t' !*~!', -M@) `~`,),' '.`K#################@KW| :.'8M###### -'..j/Z'' @//- ,,\\+\' :|W######M###########8| ::\#8#K###D \!` !:Z8###8@#####8W#W###8M| :q8W5###### `!- `-)8##################M8; :8WZ8#M####- / . .\tK############@######ZJ! :#W#@K###W#| // \\tW@###@K##W##W###K###Wm; :##8#M#8###P- -=/, /;D8W##############@###W##| :#8###M@####\- , _)jJ; -((WKK#####W####W##K######K| :###W@K##K##); `\..KW##WK )X)KW#M##W###MW##@#W######8#| :#K#W####@#@@/;- ~M####M\ ,.\\=)D8W##W###W##########8W##@| :####MW######(`\\' PPK((.:|/!-\-/)8XN@WMK#######W##MK#@#####| :##8##MK#W#@#b!--\)L_. .(ZLWbW#\'- ,-N|/KM#######W###@########W#| :##KW###K#W###/- !``~~Yff*N5f -' -.\))KK#######MK##W###M8W#W###| :#W###K@K######J-- .._dd/;)/- !//)NK#8W##########8########M#K| :##8W#K###W#####W!. `YY\)\\)\7(-)4dW#8#@###K#W#######8########| :M####8##K#KW###W#/, '-\\//)88W#M#@#K##M###@##M#8##@#W#8#M| :ZW#W#M#K##########m -)!/LtWW#W##@#W#####KW#######W###K###| :K##W#####W#M#8#####KL .-//dD##8W#K######8##########MK###W##M#| :tN#W##W#W#M##########bb4dKW#@##W##K####MK####8###########W#####| :)NM#8W##@###@##############@##@##8##K#W####M##K##K#@###8##M####| :(tMM###W##M8####@####@###@#########@####8W##8W################M| :tNZ##K###W####@#####8###/4N##8#W##W##M#8#MK#M8#K######W########| :M/K@8###M@###M##########|!t*Z#N####8##M8Z@ZZ#M###@#W#####K###W#| :WVd4M######@############D,\`(+KKZD#8WK#5@84VZ#WM############W##| :K5WM8#8W#W########8######,,-!/))ZK5@K4)@+(/XV/Z###@###W###M####| :+8WN@##@K##W###W#########b.-.\!||\X(5)Z/7\\\t5/K########W######| :8M8###@###@##8#########KDbt! !.-!t`(-\\!.\/.\!ZdG###W#MW###G###| :~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~` '' ' ` ` ' ' ` ``~`~`~`~~~~'~~~~' -rob...@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu- Bye,
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,caa329dd452cc5f0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> Subject: Re: REQ: Huge Mona Lisa Date: 1998/06/02 Message-ID: <896...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 358672635 References: <6ktnkv$65j$1...@flotsam.uits.indiana.edu> Organization: CLEAR Net, http://www.clear.net.nz/ User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/5.4 (sun4m)) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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