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From: afn49349@afn.org (Laura Michaels)
Subject: Re: Help save ascii art from destruction by variable fonts
Date: 1996/12/24
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John Debruyn (jdebruyn@access.usa.net) wrote:
> I put the ascii art up on the Web using the HTML <pre> code.  My browser
> which is set to a fixed width font set picked the item up really well,
> but again the other beta testers came up with unintelligible mix mash.
> You can take a look at what I am working with at:

> http://www.usa.net/~jdebruyn/postcard.html

The PRE tag in HTML is defined such that browsers are supposed to use
fixed width fonts.  PRE is used to create tables if your browser doesn't
support such functions.  If a browser is not using fixed width fonts for
text inside a PRE tag, then something is wrong with that browser and it is
not following the HTML standard.  People should complain to the browser
manufacturer about that.

L Michaels
http://members.aol.com/lauram3017/index.html