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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 31 Oct 1996.
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Whats the logic behind......

Whats the logic behind......

alt.ascii-art · 4 messages · 31 Oct 1996 - 2 Nov 1996
In article <327...@email.cas.american.edu>, Satish Kumar Chetty
<sat...@email.cas.american.edu> writes:

>Whats the logic behind Ascii art? 

   Um, drawing pictures with printed letters?

>Does it require skill or any training? 

   Minor aptitude I suppose. Some people are better at it than others 
   e.g. you are unlikely to draw realistic rather than cartoon body 
   shapes unless you know how to draw such things (at least I can't).

> Can anyone let me know if you 
>can make a machine (computer) produce a ascii-art from a gif,bmp etc?
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  The word I would use is    "convert"--it doesn't create the art). 
  Such programs exist. I prefer simple line drawings myself.

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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 31 Oct 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <327...@email.cas.american.edu>, Satish Kumar Chetty
<sat...@email.cas.american.edu> writes:

>Whats the logic behind Ascii art?

Is there logic?

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           question mark with a two-ton,                .'
               one-horned animal?                     .'
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                  - a why-nocerous                    .

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-joan

llizard <by8...@torfree.net> ASCII art 1 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <55bl0s$l6...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, spu...@aol.com says...
>In article <327...@email.cas.american.edu>, Satish Kumar Chetty
><sat...@email.cas.american.edu> writes:
>>Whats the logic behind Ascii art?
>
>Is there logic?
>

At last, the voice of reason!

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Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 2 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Spunk1111 (spu...@aol.com) wrote:
>In article <327...@email.cas.american.edu>, Satish Kumar Chetty
><sat...@email.cas.american.edu> writes:
>
>>Whats the logic behind Ascii art?
>
>Is there logic?
>
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>         What do you get when you cross a          :     :
>           question mark with a two-ton,                .'
>               one-horned animal?                     .'
>                                                      :
>                  - a why-nocerous                    .
>
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And...

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         What do you get when you cross a          :     :
           sheep with a kangaroo.                       .'
                                                      .'
                                                      :
                                                      .
              - a woolly jumper ?


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