Re: "alt symbols"

In article <808ht5$lsj$1...@news.kolumbus.fi>, "Lauri Kangas" <lkanga @
mbnet.fi> wrote:
> 
> Krogg kirjoitti viestiss� <382...@gtcom.net>...
> 
> >You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars
> >unless you REALLY need them real bad and will just die
> >if you cant use them or you are a DOS programmer making
> >something with a textmode GUI or just dont really care
> >if what you type in looks remotely the same on someone
> >elses system when they arent using the same font you
> >are using.
> 
> The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our
> text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN
> keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something.
> 
> I remember that there was a list of ascii symbols in the faq?

Lauri, you just proved Krogg's point. Do not press �. It isn't a
standard ASCII-character.

Examine the chart carefully. Note that there are no characters that look
like � � � � � � � � or any other letters with accents.

         ======================================
         } ASCII Character Chart for Dummies  {
         ======================================
         }| This chart should be symmetrical.|{
         }|  If it isn't, change your font   |{
         }| til the i's and the m's line up. |{
         }|                                  |{
         }| iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii |{
         }| mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm |{
         }|                                  |{
         }|  SP   !   "   #   $   %   &   '  |{
         }|   (   )   *   +   ,   -   .   /  |{
         }|   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7  |{
         }|   8   9   :   ;   <   =   >   ?  |{
         }|   @   A   B   C   D   E   F   G  |{
         }|   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O  |{
         }|   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W  |{
         }|   X   Y   Z   [   \   ]   ^   _  |{
         }|   `   a   b   c   d   e   f   g  |{
         }|   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o  |{
         }|   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w  |{
         }|   x   y   z   {   |   }   ~      |{
         }|                                  |{
         }|      SP stands for Space bar     |{
         }|                                  |{
         }|    No, no, no, you MUSTN'T use   |{
         }|  ones that are not on the chart  |{
         }|   if you are going to post your  |{
         }|        creations in the          |{
         }|     newsgroup alt.ascii-art!     |{
         }|                                  |{
         ======================================

These are the characters from #32 to #126

Still confused? Read the FAQ.

This FAQ is regularly posted to news:alt.ascii-art and
news:alt.ascii-art.animation. It is also available at the following
locations.

*   http://martweb.hypermart.net/aaafaq/aaafaq.txt
*   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
*   http://artpacks.acid.org/faqs/faq-altasciiart.html
*   http://vibes.vossnet.co.uk/i/ighaig/ascfaq.htm
*   http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
*   http://fmf.ml.org/~shimrod/asciiart/FAQ.html



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