Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 12 Mar 2001.
i dont get it?
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 12 Mar 2001 - 13 Mar 2001
am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see anything but
a jumbled mess???
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John P (KoalaBear) "(*g*)"
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Yes, you're missing a whole lot. I see from your headers that you're using Microsoft Lookout Express as your newsreader. The best solution is to switch to Forte Agent or even Netscape Communicator. In the meantime, select all the text in the message and change the font to Courier New. (I don't remember how to change the default font, or even if it's possible.) ASCII art, like all plain text files, is best viewed with a monospaced font, as that is the only kind of font guaranteed to be available on any computer terminal ever made. John P wrote: > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see > anything but a jumbled mess??? _ _.-' )---------------------------------------------------------------\ (_ . '\ __ "It is astonishing, really, how many thoroughly mature, ] \__^/` _) well-adjusted grown-ups harbor a teddy bear -- which is ] .-'_ \ perhaps *why* they are thoroughly mature and well- ] (_.' \ '--. adjusted." -Joseph Lempa, American writer ] /_ /`-._/ ] jgs (__/-------Sailor Teddy Bear---sailorteddy(AT)nethere.com----------/
"jumbled mess" ---> many readers annoyingly remove any "extra" spaces and as such you see a jumbled mess. these "intelligent" readers are supposed to clear up the messages but, as you see, you get a reformatted message. As for Outlook Express: there is a way to view any message as fixed format, but it only works for that one time viewing, if you change to another message you have to do this step again...EXTREMELY ANNOYING I SAY. Anyway, open the message then 'VIEW/Text size/Fixed' that should work. Interestingly enough, and worth mentioning, if you have mutli-lingual applications installed in WindowsWhatever you'll also see option for changing the encoding there in that menu. For instance you can choose Western or ISO, or 7 or 8 bit. If you don't have this stuff, upgrade to IE 5.5 of some other multi lingual software package. With reasonable voice, Kieseyhow (K-man) A handy trick, to avoid your friends becoming the target of a Spammer's email scanner, is to fill in their email address into the 'Bcc' field of your email client. Effectively limiting most Spam email scanners. Also, this prevents casual noting of private addresses, and the infamous 'Reply to all' messages that we all dislike. Nothing in the world is more dangerous, than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68), civil rights leader. Strength to Love , pt. 4, ch. 3 (1963). My ICQ#:22448421 Get ICQ for yourself at www.icq.com\download\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sailor Teddy Bear" <sai...@nothere.com> wrote in message news:3AA...@nothere.com... Yes, you're missing a whole lot. I see from your headers that you're using Microsoft Lookout Express as your newsreader. The best solution is to switch to Forte Agent or even Netscape Communicator. In the meantime, select all the text in the message and change the font to Courier New. (I don't remember how to change the default font, or even if it's possible.) ASCII art, like all plain text files, is best viewed with a monospaced font, as that is the only kind of font guaranteed to be available on any computer terminal ever made. John P wrote: > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see > anything but a jumbled mess??? _ _.-' )---------------------------------------------------------------\ (_ . '\ __ "It is astonishing, really, how many thoroughly mature, ] \__^/` _) well-adjusted grown-ups harbor a teddy bear -- which is ] .-'_ \ perhaps *why* they are thoroughly mature and well- ] (_.' \ '--. adjusted." -Joseph Lempa, American writer ] /_ /`-._/ ] jgs (__/-------Sailor Teddy Bear---sailorteddy(AT)nethere.com----------/
LOL....yeah Lookout Express, that makes me think, maybe it should've been Microsoft Watchout Express....ROFLOL thanks for the smile!! "Sailor Teddy Bear" <sai...@nothere.com> wrote in message news:3AA...@nothere.com... Yes, you're missing a whole lot. I see from your headers that you're using Microsoft Lookout Express as your newsreader. The best solution is to switch to Forte Agent or even Netscape Communicator. In the meantime, select all the text in the message and change the font to Courier New. (I don't remember how to change the default font, or even if it's possible.) ASCII art, like all plain text files, is best viewed with a monospaced font, as that is the only kind of font guaranteed to be available on any computer terminal ever made. John P wrote: > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see > anything but a jumbled mess??? _ _.-' )---------------------------------------------------------------\ (_ . '\ __ "It is astonishing, really, how many thoroughly mature, ] \__^/` _) well-adjusted grown-ups harbor a teddy bear -- which is ] .-'_ \ perhaps *why* they are thoroughly mature and well- ] (_.' \ '--. adjusted." -Joseph Lempa, American writer ] /_ /`-._/ ] jgs (__/-------Sailor Teddy Bear---sailorteddy(AT)nethere.com----------/
"KIESEYHOW (K-man)" wrote: > > "jumbled mess" ---> many readers annoyingly remove any "extra" spaces > and as such you see a jumbled mess. these "intelligent" readers are > supposed to clear up the messages but, as you see, you get a reformatted > message. As for Outlook Express: there is a way to view any message as > fixed format, but it only works for that one time viewing, if you change to > another message you have to do this step again...EXTREMELY ANNOYING I SAY. > Anyway, open the message then 'VIEW/Text size/Fixed' that should work. > Interestingly enough, and worth mentioning, if you have mutli-lingual > applications > installed in WindowsWhatever you'll also see option for changing the encoding > there in that menu. For instance you can choose Western or ISO, or 7 or 8 bit. > If you don't have this stuff, upgrade to IE 5.5 of some other multi lingual > software package. > Actually you can change it to always show in fixed text. I view and post ASCII art from my machine at home using Outlook Express without any problems. Tools->Options->Fonts. Set both Fixed width and proportional fonts to a fixed width font. Lucida Console is my chosen one but you could equally use whatever fixed width font you want to. I have no problems viewing messages because if they are actually designed to be using proportional fonts chances are they use HTML anyway. Hope this helps, Phil -- Philip Powell Help Desk Computing Services Coventry University
cool thats better, just have to find a text that doesnt look so
typwritterishlook
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John P (KoalaBear) "(*g*)"
jfk...@iinet.net.au
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jfkp/enter.html
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> am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see anything
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> a jumbled mess???
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> John P (KoalaBear) "(*g*)"
> jfk...@iinet.net.au
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~jfkp/enter.html
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If you have lucide console I find that one quite good. Phil "John P" <jfk...@iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:3aad4b35$0$771...@echo-01.iinet.net.au... > cool thats better, just have to find a text that doesnt look so > typwritterishlook > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > John P (KoalaBear) "(*g*)" > jfk...@iinet.net.au > http://members.iinet.net.au/~jfkp/enter.html > ----------------------------------------------------------- > "John P" <jfk...@iinet.net.au> wrote in message > news:3aac832d$0$236...@echo-01.iinet.net.au... > > > > > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see anything > but > > a jumbled mess??? > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > John P (KoalaBear) "(*g*)" > > jfk...@iinet.net.au > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~jfkp/enter.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >
"John P" <jfk...@iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:3aac832d$0$236...@echo-01.iinet.net.au... > > > am i missing something, when you ppl post your ascii i dont see anything but > a jumbled mess??? Tools > Options. Press the 'Read' tab. Press the Fonts button. Set everything to courier new.
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