X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7ff8b90812e42910 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: mr.bob@garlic.com (Felix Mariposa) Subject: Re: Just a comment Date: 1996/03/23 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 143942048 references: organization: South_Valley_Internet newsgroups: alt.ascii-art In article , Mika wrote: > I think that ascii art is really cool, but a few of us have screens > that are only a few characters narrower than others. (Or maybe some > people's screens are a few characters too wide.) So just a note to > those people who do have wide screens - would it be possible to make > your pictures a tiny bit smaller so the rest of us can see the whole > pictures? Some of them are really complicated and hard to figure out > with dumb screen wraps after each line. > > Thanks!! Just a guideline, especially for Mac users (I don't know if this applies to PCs as well): When doing ASCII art, use font Monaco 9, and make sure that your art is no wider than *80 Characters*. FRM A A A | | | | | | __| |_| |_| |___nnnnnn_____----____-===----- _ __/--| |-| |-|_|---~~~-------~~~---\==/~~\. O=|-|OOOOO--<=X===X===X=>-| | |-----| | |> HHK | Felix Roy ~ ~~\--| |-| |-|~|---___-------___---/==\__/' Mariposa | | | | | | mr.bob@garlic.com | | | | | | V V V O-