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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 12 Aug 1998.
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alt.ascii-art · 3 messages · 12 Aug 1998
XSkreeemX <xsk...@aol.com> 12 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
Hello, everyone, I'm new to this newsgroup and I just needed some  info:

The fonts in this newsgroup for me, is Arial (it looks like arial). Is arial a
font which can be used for ASCII art?  If not, should I make it on "NotePad"
and then copy and paste onto here?

                  �� �� (= Jessica =) �� ֕
Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 12 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
>Message-id: <199...@ladder03.news.aol.com>

>The fonts in this newsgroup for me, is Arial (it looks like arial). Is arial
>a
>font which can be used for ASCII art?  If not, should I make it on "NotePad"
>and then copy and paste onto here?

AOL only has the Arial font- (unless you've
updated to 4.0)--  do not use the Arial font for
ASCII art since it is proportional.  To enable the
most viewers and to keep the ASCII art
"universal", use a fixed-width font such as
Courier or FixedSys (probably your default
on notepad).  So yes, make your pic in notepad,
copy and paste it here-- it'll look skewy to
you but to everyone else, it'll look fine.

-joan
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XSkreeemX <xsk...@aol.com> 12 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report 
>So yes, make your pic in notepad,
>copy and paste it here-- it'll look skewy to
>you but to everyone else, it'll look fine

ok, thanx! 

                  �� �� (= Jessica =) �� ֕

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