Re: New to ASCII art? Read me first!
From Adam Sargant <ada...@bigfoot.com>
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· 20 Oct 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Colin Douthwaite wrote in message <908...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>... > * If *none* of the pictures in the group look like what the > sender describes them as, then you're probably using a > proportional font. To view (and draw) ASCII art, you must use a > fixed-width font -- one where all characters are the same width > (like on an ordinary typewriter). If you're not sure if your > font is fixed-width or not, check the following two lines and > see if they're the same length. > > iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii| > mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm| > > If they aren't, find the option in your newsreader which lets > you specify which font to use. If you just have a choice > between proportional and fixed width, choose fixed width. If > you have a choice of which font to use, try different ones > until you find a fixed-width one (using the `i's and `m's above > as a guide). Popular fixed width fonts include Courier, Monaco, > Fixedsys; anything with `fixed', `terminal', or `Courier' in > its name will probably be fixed-width. Question: Can I do this in Outlook Express? * * /\ * __ { | } / | ~ * * \/__\/ * * / \ * * ( ^ ^ ) * * \ Y / * * * * Cosmic Bunster Visit the Sargant Family at http://sargant.future.easyspace.com Love is indivisible at source
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