Re: Wow ansii still lives,
From Philip Newton <pne...@newton.digitalspace.net>
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· 2 May 2002 19:09 · View full thread
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On Thu, 2 May 2002 14:09:23 +0100, "Fiend" <(NOSPAM)fie...@c4.com> wrote: > I didnt think anyone still did ansii grafix, Im amazed I used to be in to it > heavily in my Amiga days on the old BBS, Over here we only do ASCII art -- "ANSIIs" also had control codes for colours, animation, cursor positioning and stuff. But the basic techniques for drawing pictures are, of course, similar. > Outlook is crap for displaying them tho, Good observation ;) > Ive messed about with a perfectly good sig so it looks ok here, but I > hope it dont look shite im your mail/news prog, It looks bad. You need to create your ASCII art in a monospace (fixed-width) font, NOT a proportional font -- then it will look similar for anyone with a fixed-width font. Look for the FAQ (look under http://groups.google.com/ , Advanced Search, newsgroup "alt.ascii-art" and subject "FAQ"; the latest version is 3.0.3.05); it has a section explaining how to use MS Outlook Express to read and write ASCII art. > | > | > .���. > { :::: } > (�`�. { ::::::: } .���) > (�`�.�(�`�.�{ } IXI { }�.���)�.���) > \ }\ `- -� /{ / > } } { { > ...Im gonna eat ya puppies... > ..and consume them like flies.. > .--------------. > |-=-> fie...@c4.com <-=-| > `--------------� That's not quite ASCII art, either, since it contains characters outside the range 32..255; the FAQ contains a list of all ASCII characters, and it's best to stick to those for maximum portability (and to be able to call it "ASCII art"). Hope this helps! Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li> That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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