X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,3a658bfb5050ac6e X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,3a658bfb5050ac6e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Colin Douthwaite Subject: Re: Ye Olde Technical ASCII ART FAQ (Jorn Barger) Date: 1998/10/11 Message-ID: <908087062.591014@mnementh.southern.co.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 399864160 References: <907782951.765536@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <1iPT1.20$p42.167@skin03.micron.net> Organization: CLEAR Net, http://www.clear.net.nz/ User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/5.4 (sun4m)) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation In alt.ascii-art Sarah Day wrote: >i`it)v|[[[[(//s+)`(-\\/JJgbdd@@@@@@@dmKK(c!(/-[2=/cct/!-v\!_L\)| >]-!/(!-)\L\)v|c5(!,!Ldd@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@dK/]!c\\\v|i\/cT\v((c- >]!`/v\//(-|t\VvcL!m@@@@@M@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@bLt\\|)c/2-vv)/it\. >Say, is this the Mona Lisa? Looks sort of like it. > -Sarah Clever girl! But Jorn Barger failed to attach author credits in his FAQ. :-( I had never noticed the omission before and have corrected the document I post to the newsgroups. Just another example of how free & easy the early days of ascii art were...no one worried much about credits or copyrights except one or two very strict-minded contributors. Things are not so easy-going today. Is that Good? Is that Bad? I don't really know. A lot more people have started doing ascii artwork and the quantity in existence on websites is mind-boggling. Whatever...here's the accredited version. Historically it is one of the oldest Ascii greyscale pictures: ::';t)/!||||(//L+)'(-\\/ddjWWW#######WmKK(\!(/-|J=/\\t/!-/\!_L\)! :|-!/(!-)\L\)/!\5(!.!LWW###################WK/|!\\\\/!;\/\T\/((\- :|!'//\//(-!t\Y/\L!m#####M####################WLt\\!)\/J-//)/;t\, :--/-.\.\/\.!)///m######K#######################WK!/!-( )-!,|/\T ://,\--`--!-/\(q#######DD##########################L\\\\-!!//!\\, :-.-!\'!!\-\/:W########N############################W,).'-.-/\-'; :!.\!-!-!`!-!W#######P|+~**@@@#######################W/,/'\-/,\7- :--`,-- -/.:W###*P!' \`Z8#####################;,\\`,\,\ :`.'.'\`-.-d##5'- -- '-:V@##########W#########_\-!-\\- :`, -,.'/,G##K- ' - )7KM###################\-----/ :- '- --:##@; -!ZZ###################W! \'!-' : '-.`- G###|. `,D8K###################|/-.-/, :-' ,-//###@) -)ZWMW##################\` _\ :- ' .:Yd###! `-!(K5K##################|(/L|, : - :\G###Z- ` ! -;55ZZ#################)(4)' : . -!W####!\ ` ' !-tVG################XNVZ- : tt####@-. ` ')(W################D)8@| : )8#####\ .-`-/KW#################KD#| : ||Z####W!- .::,\.. -,;\bZKK######8#K#########(#8| : KN8#####( ,:!/GG_ d4KW8ZKW#WWK#W#88#######W##########WK#- : )/8K###K#W#WP~~~T4( dW##7'___L#M####MM8W###W############bM8| :\!48#K####8##W*###WY; WRob+~~######*ff/\NM8###############WW#| :.\\KW###W#,~t' !*~!', -M@) `~`,),' '.`K#################@KW| :.'8M###### -'..j/Z'' @//- ,,\\+\' :|W######M###########8| ::\#8#K###D \!` !:Z8###8@#####8W#W###8M| :q8W5###### `!- `-)8##################M8; :8WZ8#M####- / . .\tK############@######ZJ! :#W#@K###W#| // \\tW@###@K##W##W###K###Wm; :##8#M#8###P- -=/, /;D8W##############@###W##| :#8###M@####\- , _)jJ; -((WKK#####W####W##K######K| :###W@K##K##); `\..KW##WK )X)KW#M##W###MW##@#W######8#| :#K#W####@#@@/;- ~M####M\ ,.\\=)D8W##W###W##########8W##@| :####MW######(`\\' PPK((.:|/!-\-/)8XN@WMK#######W##MK#@#####| :##8##MK#W#@#b!--\)L_. .(ZLWbW#\'- ,-N|/KM#######W###@########W#| :##KW###K#W###/- !``~~Yff*N5f -' -.\))KK#######MK##W###M8W#W###| :#W###K@K######J-- .._dd/;)/- !//)NK#8W##########8########M#K| :##8W#K###W#####W!. `YY\)\\)\7(-)4dW#8#@###K#W#######8########| :M####8##K#KW###W#/, '-\\//)88W#M#@#K##M###@##M#8##@#W#8#M| :ZW#W#M#K##########m -)!/LtWW#W##@#W#####KW#######W###K###| :K##W#####W#M#8#####KL .-//dD##8W#K######8##########MK###W##M#| :tN#W##W#W#M##########bb4dKW#@##W##K####MK####8###########W#####| :)NM#8W##@###@##############@##@##8##K#W####M##K##K#@###8##M####| :(tMM###W##M8####@####@###@#########@####8W##8W################M| :tNZ##K###W####@#####8###/4N##8#W##W##M#8#MK#M8#K######W########| :M/K@8###M@###M##########|!t*Z#N####8##M8Z@ZZ#M###@#W#####K###W#| :WVd4M######@############D,\`(+KKZD#8WK#5@84VZ#WM############W##| :K5WM8#8W#W########8######,,-!/))ZK5@K4)@+(/XV/Z###@###W###M####| :+8WN@##@K##W###W#########b.-.\!||\X(5)Z/7\\\t5/K########W######| :8M8###@###@##8#########KDbt! !.-!t`(-\\!.\/.\!ZdG###W#MW###G###| :~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~` '' ' ` ` ' ' ` ``~`~`~`~~~~'~~~~' robert@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu It looks fabulous if printed out using Pica Bold Font in a single colour such as black or brown ( sepia ). Alternatively you can see it much better if you use Martin Atkin's utility ASC2PIC2.EXE but you will not be able to have a permanent copy printed on paper. Later,