Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Aug 2001.
Need answers pleace!
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 21 Aug 2001 - 30 Aug 2001
anonyme: Do you expect me to reply? Bateau: No Mr anonyme, I expect you to die! > >Hullo all.. > >I have two questions which I hope someone will be kind enough to >answer for me. > >1. Does anyone know of a program or website that will convert pictures >into ascii art? > >2. I am using Agent Version 1.8.. How to set the reader to see and >post ascii art to it's best advantage? Fixedsys, don't wrap incoming messages. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , ,______________._ *BANG* | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, '------:_______ ;==( *BANG* | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ | | `-\ \ *BANG* | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ `~' \_; |ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net SITE:www.flashback-aw.net
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:26:54 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: > >Hullo all.. > >I have two questions which I hope someone will be kind enough to >answer for me. > >1. Does anyone know of a program or website that will convert pictures >into ascii art? > >2. I am using Agent Version 1.8.. How to set the reader to see and >post ascii art to it's best advantage? > >TIA, HAND. rightclick on the message - check fixed pitch font unckeck word wrap the following lines should be all equally long: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ................ dunno if in a newer version of agent the fonts can be adjusted in 1.6 it uses courier new with these settings... not completely satisfying but it's the only way of getting a fixed width font at all afaik -- \/ ,-------------------------. (oO) | we will infect you too! | vv __/`-------------------------' JL
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:44:23 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote:
in Agent go to Options, General Preferences, Fonts
Language = English
Variable pitch = fixedsys 8pt
fixed pitch = fixedsys 8pt
that should take care of it
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On 21 Aug 2001 20:26:40 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) wrote: >On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:44:23 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: > > >in Agent go to Options, General Preferences, Fonts > >Language = English > >Variable pitch = fixedsys 8pt > >fixed pitch = fixedsys 8pt > >that should take care of it ,------------,--------------,-----------,---------------,--------. | Navigation | Message List | Languages | Confirmations | Newsrc | ,------------------,-----------------,---------------------------. | MIME Types | URLs | URL Types | . . . . that's all i get in general preferences... no fonts.... -- \/ ,-------------------------. (oO) | we will infect you too! | vv __/`-------------------------' JL
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:34 +0200, "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" <las...@lastfuture.de> wrote: >On 21 Aug 2001 20:26:40 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) >wrote: > >>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:44:23 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: >> >> >>in Agent go to Options, General Preferences, Fonts >> >>Language = English >> >>Variable pitch = fixedsys 8pt >> >>fixed pitch = fixedsys 8pt >> >>that should take care of it > >,------------,--------------,-----------,---------------,--------. >| Navigation | Message List | Languages | Confirmations | Newsrc | >,------------------,-----------------,---------------------------. >| MIME Types | URLs | URL Types | >. . . . > >that's all i get in general preferences... no fonts.... you must have an Old version? General Prefernces _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ __ ' ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ' |___USER____|___System__|__Online___|_Dial-up___|__Message__| | | ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ______________ | | |_Display___|Languages__|__F O N T__|__Colors___|Confirmations | | | | | | | | | _________________ | | | |___Browser_______| MS Sans Serif 8pt | | | _______________________ | | | Fonts for the language |English________________| | | | | | | ____________________ | | | |Variable Pitch Body_| Fixedsys 8pt | | | ____________________ | | | |_Fixed-Pitch Body___| Fixedsys 8pt | | | ____________________ | | | |_Message List_______| MS Sans Serif 8pt | | | | | | [_] use the Variable pitch body font | | | _____________________ | | | |Message List Subject_| MS Sans Serif 8pt | | | | | | [_] Use the Bold version of the message list font | | | _____________________ | | | |_____Printer_________| Fixedsys 9pt | | | | | | [_] Use the Varible pitch body font for headers | | |________________________________________________________________ | |____________________________________________________________________| thats what I have under Options - General Preferences...... Version 1.21/32 -- .-. .-. (_ '. .-',%%%%%,'-. .' _) (__.'\ ~'. %^.^% .'~ /'.__) / @(O)\ '._)'(_.' /(O)@ \ | | (_) {_\'.'/_} (_) | | _\__\__= _ /(_).(_)\ _ =__/ /_ ( / \ ) ( ) // ) : ( \\ ( ) ( / \ ) ||| |||(.O')_____________________________('O.)||| ||| c||___|c| (_)PopUps Scripts(_) |c|___||c ||(_(_|||_| | #ASCII_Art | |_|||_)_)|| ((|_|_|())) | irc.bluedwarf.net | ((()|_|_|)) |)) * |_| |_| * ((| |||_)\( )_____________________________( )/(_||| (_(____)\_/ MJP \_/(____)_)
On 22 Aug 2001 22:17:00 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:34 +0200, "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" <las...@lastfuture.de> wrote: > > >On 21 Aug 2001 20:26:40 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) > >wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:44:23 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >>in Agent go to Options, General Preferences, Fonts > >> > >>Language = English > >> > >>Variable pitch = fixedsys 8pt > >> > >>fixed pitch = fixedsys 8pt > >> > >>that should take care of it > > > >,------------,--------------,-----------,---------------,--------. > >| Navigation | Message List | Languages | Confirmations | Newsrc | > >,------------------,-----------------,---------------------------. > >| MIME Types | URLs | URL Types | > >. . . . > > > >that's all i get in general preferences... no fonts.... > > > you must have an Old version? No, he has the for-pay version (although 1.6 is a bit old; 1.8 is out and they're expecting 2.0 to come soon). > thats what I have under Options - General Preferences...... Version 1.21/32 Your version is Free Agent. In Agent, look for the "Fonts" tab under Options | Display Preferences; it looks pretty similar to what MJP posted for Free Agent. 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.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:09:45 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: >Where were you on the night of 22 Aug 2001 22:17:00 GMT, when >mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) incriminated themselves in >alt.ascii-art? >>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:32:34 +0200, "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" <las...@lastfuture.de> wrote: >> >>>On 21 Aug 2001 20:26:40 GMT, mik...@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP) >>>wrote: >>> >>>>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:44:23 -0400, anonyme <ano...@meow.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>in Agent go to Options, General Preferences, Fonts >>>> >>>>Language = English >>>> >>>>Variable pitch = fixedsys 8pt >>>> >>>>fixed pitch = fixedsys 8pt >>>> >>>>that should take care of it >>> >>>,------------,--------------,-----------,---------------,--------. >>>| Navigation | Message List | Languages | Confirmations | Newsrc | >>>,------------------,-----------------,---------------------------. >>>| MIME Types | URLs | URL Types | >>>. . . . >>> >>>that's all i get in general preferences... no fonts.... >> >> >>you must have an Old version? >> >> General Prefernces _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ __ >> ' ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ >> ' |___USER____|___System__|__Online___|_Dial-up___|__Message__| >> | | ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ______________ >> | | |_Display___|Languages__|__F O N T__|__Colors___|Confirmations | >> | | | >> | | | >> | | _________________ | >> | | |___Browser_______| MS Sans Serif 8pt | >> | | _______________________ | >> | | Fonts for the language |English________________| | >> | | | >> | | ____________________ | >> | | |Variable Pitch Body_| Fixedsys 8pt | >> | | ____________________ | >> | | |_Fixed-Pitch Body___| Fixedsys 8pt | >> | | ____________________ | >> | | |_Message List_______| MS Sans Serif 8pt | >> | | | >> | | [_] use the Variable pitch body font | >> | | _____________________ | >> | | |Message List Subject_| MS Sans Serif 8pt | >> | | | >> | | [_] Use the Bold version of the message list font | >> | | _____________________ | >> | | |_____Printer_________| Fixedsys 9pt | >> | | | >> | | [_] Use the Varible pitch body font for headers | >> | |________________________________________________________________ | >> |____________________________________________________________________| >> >>thats what I have under Options - General Preferences...... Version 1.21/32 > ><genuflects at your feet> > >Wow.. do you always illustrate things so well? I have the new version. >1.8 -- I had to go into options, and then display preferences and that >is where the font tab is. WOW there it is... thanx ... preferences -> display preferences -> fonts did the trick! :)) -- \/ ,-------------------------. (oO) | we will infect you too! | vv __/`-------------------------' JL
www.ascgen.co.uk anonyme wrote: > > Hullo all.. > > I have two questions which I hope someone will be kind enough to > answer for me. > > 1. Does anyone know of a program or website that will convert pictures > into ascii art? > > 2. I am using Agent Version 1.8.. How to set the reader to see and > post ascii art to it's best advantage? > > TIA, HAND. > -- > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > |a|n|o|n|y|m|e| > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > mhm 31x11 > meow -- ���*�,��,�*���*�,��,�*���*�,��,�*� "In the end, everything is a gag." ~Charlie Chaplin ���*�,��,�*���*�,��,�*���*�,��,�
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