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Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 24 Jul 1994.
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LINE: SIGS and NARCISSISM

LINE: SIGS and NARCISSISM

rec.arts.ascii · 1 message · 24 Jul 1994
Jon R. Plummer <coy...@u.washington.edu> ASCII art 24 Jul 1994 15:40 · raw headers · report 
I've been feeling a mite narcissistic lately, and have been toying with 
fonts (spelling my name, of course).
 
Feel free to use any of these as you like, modify them, etc. without 
attribution.  Just don't try to call them your own unless you make changes.

(Some ideas are not mine, especially the first two relief fonts.)

To wit:

4 line fun:
 ___  ___  _  _   ___  _   _  _  _  _  _  _  ___  ___
/_  |/   \/ \| | /   \| | | || |/ \/ \/ \/ \| __|/   \
/\| || ' ||    | | '_/| | | || ||    ||    ||  _|| ' <
\___/\___/|_|\_/ |_|  \__|\____/|_\/_||_\/_|\___||_|\_|
    __  _____  __  __    _____  __     __ __  __  __  __  __  _____  _____
---|  ||     ||  \|  |--|  _  \|  |---|  |  ||  \/  ||  \/  ||  ___||  _  \--
---|  ||  -  ||      |--|   __/|  |---|  |  ||      ||      ||  ___||     <--
|_____||_____||__|\__|--|__|---|_____|\_____/|__\/__||__\/__||_____||__|\__|-
    __  _____  __  __    _____  __     __ __  __  __  __  __  _____  _____
   |  ||     ||  \|  |  |  _  \|  |   |  |  ||  \/  ||  \/  ||  ___||  _  \   
 __|  ||  -  ||      |  |   __/|  |__ |  |  ||      ||      ||  ___||     <   
|_____||_____||__|\__|  |__|   |_____|\_____/|__\/__||__\/__||_____||__|\__|  

______/~\__/~~~~\__/~~\__/~\___
______/~\_/~\__/~\_/~~~\_/~\___
______/~\_/~\__/~\_/~\/~\/~\___    Not my idea, but very readable.
_/~\__/~\_/~\__/~\_/~\_/~~~\___
__/~~~~\___/~~~~\__/~\__/~~\___

     ......./\/\/\............................
    ........./\..............................
   ........./\..../\/\/\/\..../\/\/\/\......
  ........./\.../\....../\.../\....../\....    And as above.
 ../\...../\.../\....../\.../\......./\...
.../\/\/\/\..../\/\/\/\..../\......./\...
     ________  _________  __     __
    /_______/ /________/ /__|   /_/
       __    __     __  __ _   __
      / /   / /    / / / /| | / /     Not my idea, but pretty cool.
 ____/ /   / /____/ / / / | |/ /
/_____/   /________/ /_/  |___/


    [] [][][] []] []
[]  [] []  [] [][][]           A 3-line technique that is very adaptable.
[][][] [][][] [] [[]

    _  _____  __  _ 
   | |/  _  \|  \| |
___| || |_| || \ \ |           More 4-line fun.
\____|\_____/|_|\__|
    _  _____  __  _
   | |/  _  \|  \| |
/\_| || |_| || \ \ |
\____/\_____/|_|\__|

      /\
     _\ \
    /    \
   /\  __/
  /  \ \
 / /\ \/                  Not my idea, alas.
/\ \/ /
\ \  /
 \ \/
 / /
/ /
\/

 /\ /\ /\    /\    /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
 \ \  \\ \  /  \   \ \  \  \ //  |
  \ \\ \  \/ / / //\\ \\ \\ \\/\  \
/\/ // /__/\  / \/ // //\//\// //\/
\  /  / \   \ \\  /  / \\ \\  / \
 \/ \/ \/    \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
 /\  /\  /\    /\      /\  /\  /\  /\  /\
 \ \/  \_\ \  /  \     \ \/  \/  \/ / /  |
  \ \/\ \   \/ / /\  /\ \ \ \ \ \ \/\/\/  \
/\/ /\/ / __/\  /\ \/ /\/ /\/\/\/\/ / / /\/
\  /\  /\ \   \ \ \  /\  /\ \ \ \ \  /\ \
 \/  \/  \/    \/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \/  \/
 /\   /\   /\     /\        /\   /\   /\   /\   /\
 \ \ /  \ _\ \   /  \       \ \ /  \ /  \ / /  /  |
  \ \ /\ \    \ / / //\  /\\ \ \  \ \  \ \ /\/\ /  \
/\/ / \/ /  __/ \  / \ \/ / \/ / \/\/ \/\/  / /  /\/
\  / \  / \ \    \ \  \  / \  / \ \  \ \  \  / \ \
 \/   \/   \/     \/   \/   \/   \/   \/   \/   \/
 /\    /\    /\      /\          /\    /\    /\    /\    /\
 \ \  /  \  _\ \    /  \         \ \  /  \  /  \  / /   /  |
  \ \/ /\ \/    \  / / / /\  /\/\ \ \/  \ \/  \ \/ /\/\/ /  \
/\/ /\ \/ /\  __/  \  /  \ \/ /\ \/ /\ \/\/\ \/\/\  / /\  /\/
\  /  \  /  \ \     \ \   \  /  \  /  \ \   \ \   \  /  \ \
 \/    \/    \/      \/    \/    \/    \/    \/    \/    \/

  _  _
._| |_| |\|           2 lines!  And readable!

    __    _____    __  __
    \ \  / ___ \  /  \ \ \
     \ \/ /   \ \/ /\ \ \ \      Hexagons (a worthy exercise).
/\___/ /\ \___/ /\ \ \ \/ /  
\_____/  \_____/  \_\ \__/

    __   _____   __  __
    \ \ / ___ \ /  \ \ \
     \ / /   \ / /\ \ \ \
/\___/ \ \___/ \ \ \ \/ /
\_____/ \_____/ \_\ \__/

    __  _____  __  __
    \ \/ ___ \/  \ \ \
     \/ /   \/ /\ \ \ \
/\___/\ \___/\ \ \ \/ /
\_____/\_____/\_\ \__/

  _  ___  _  _  
_| |/ _ \| \| | 
\__/\___/|_|\_|      More 3 line fun.

       ______  _   __
      / / __ \/ | / /
 __  / / / / /  |/ /     A figlet font, I believe, as are the next two.
/ /_/ / /_/ / /|  /
\____/\____/_/ |_/
       _
      (_)___  ____
     / / __ \/ __ \
    / / /_/ / / / /
 __/ /\____/_/ /_/
/___/
       __
      / /___  ____
 __  / / __ \/ __ \
/ /_/ / /_/ / / / /  
\____/\____/_/ /_/

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8888  8  88  8   Y8  888  88  8  8888  88  8   YP   8   YP   8  8888  88  88
8888  8  88  8  b Y  888     d8  8888  88  8  b  d  8  b  d  8    88     d88
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                           (Adapted from CHRONO-MUSE)
            __            __    _
|\\//| || //   || || || //     / \  |\\ ||
||\/|| || ||   ||_|| || || _  ||_|| ||\\||  Four lines again.
||  || || \\__ || || || \\_|| || || || \\|
        
    _          _                    __  _ 
_| |_| |\|    |-' |_ |_| |\/| |\/| |_- |-(
       _   _           _        _   _     
|_|   |_| |-   |\/| | |_ |-| | |_. |-| |\|

              __  _    _   ___ 
|_| |\| | \/ |_- |-( _|  |  |  |_|
 _   _          _        _   _  /
|_| |-  |\/| | |_ |-| | |_. |-| |\|

     _          _                    _  _
  | | | |\|    |_| |  | | |\/| |\/| |_ |_|
|_| |_| | |    |   |_ |_| |  | |  | |_ |\
       _   _           _        _   _
|_|   |_| |-   |\/| | |_ |-| | |_. |-| |\|

    _  _     _  _      _  _   _  _  _   _          _  _
   |_ |  |_|| || ||   | ||_  |_ | ||  ||_||   |  || ||_||/
    _||_ | ||_||_||_  |_||    _||_||_ || ||_  |/\||_||\ |\
             _  _  _    _      _  _          _        _  _ 
| ||\| | | /|_ |_||_  | | \/  | ||_  |\/| | |  |_| | |  |_||\|
|_|| | | \/ |_ |\  _| | | /   |_||   |  | | |_ | | | |_|| || |

 _  _  _  _  _  _  _                     _  _  _  _  _  _                __
|_||_||  | \|_ |_ |  |_||  ||/|  |\/||\|| ||_|| ||_||_  | | || /|  |\/|_| /
| ||_||_ |_||_ |  |_|| |||_||\|_ |  || ||_||  |_\|\  _| | |_|\/ |/\|/\ | /_

					Needs a bit of work, but only a bit.
       __                                              __
    __/_/\      _          _                    _  _  /\_\__
 __/_/\_\/   | | | |\|    |_| |  | | |\/| |\/| |_ |_| \/_/\_\__
/_/\_\/_/\ |_| |_| | |    |   |_ |_| |  | |  | |_ |\  /\_\/_/\_\
\_\/_/\_\/        _   _           _        _   _      \/_/\_\/_/
   \_\/_/\ |_|   |_| |-   |\/| | |_ |-| | |_. |-| |\| /\_\/_/
      \_\/                                            \/_/

 _        _
/_/\     /_/\     _ _
\_\/\   /_/\/\   /_/\/\
 \_\/\ /_/\/\/\ /_/\/\/\
  \_\/\\_\/\_\/\\_\/\_\/\
  /_/\/ \_\/\/\/ \_\/\_\/
 /_/\/   \_\/\/   \_\/\
 \_\/     \_\/     \_\/

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