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From: bodom@cs.indiana.edu (brian odom)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: REQ: Star Shape - Can any one improve on this?
Date: 7 Mar 1997 13:02:39 -0500
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
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In alt.ascii-art you write:

>                      /\
>                     /  \
>                    /    \
>                   /      \
>__________________/________\__________________
> '-.             /          \             .-'
>    '-.         /            \         .-'
>       '-.     /              \     .-'
>          '-. /                \ .-'
>             %                  %
>            / '-.            .-' \
>           /     '-.      .-'     \
>          /         '-..-'         \
>         /          .-''-.          \
>        /        .-'      '-.        \
>       /      .-'            '-.      \
>      /    .-'                  '-.    \
>     /  .-'                        '-.  \
>    /.-'                              '-.\


how about shrinking it?

                      /\
                     /  \
         ___________/____\___________
         "-_       /      \       _-"
            "-_   /        \   _-"
               "-/          \-"
                / "-_    _-" \
               /     "__"     \
              /    _-"  "-_    \
             /  _-"        "-_  \
            /.-"              "-.\


or removing the insides?

                      /\
                     /  \
                    /    \
         __________/      \__________
         "-_                      _-"
            "-_                _-"
               "-,          ,-"
                /            \
               /      __      \
              /    _-"  "-_    \
             /  _-"        "-_  \
            /.-"              "-.\


or giving it double thickness?
                      ,.
                     //\\
                    //  \\
                   //    \\
        .==========/      \==========,
         "=_                      _="
           `"=_                _="'
              `"=,          ,="'
               //            \\
              //      __      \\
             //    _="'`"=_    \\
            //  _="'      `"=_  \\
           //.="'            `"-.\\
           ''                    ``

--
brian odom