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From: l33812@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Seal do Mar)
Subject: Re: Help save ascii art from destruction by variable fonts
Date: 1996/12/26
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dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw wrote:
> From L Michaels (afn49349@afn.org), we heard --

> > 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.

> If PRE doesn't do it, XMP should. But you should still complain. Loudly.

> Dan Strychalski
> dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw

	I've read somewhere that it would also be advisable to add <tt> and
</tt> around ASCII art (that is, besides <pre>). It stands for teletype mode,
but I really don't know what that is suposed to do. I use it anyway and never
seen anyone complaining about it! :)

	Have a wonderfull new year

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