X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,b45ba66faf096709 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: berniw@best.com (eve1) Subject: Re: How to copy a part of an ascii file Date: 1996/10/01 Message-ID: <3251ab79.24890142@nntp.best.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 186571216 references: <324f3bcd.5590886@nntp.best.com> organization: Best Internet Communications newsgroups: alt.ascii-art hi good idea.. but when you save it as text fond and then try to post it on IRC the size will revert back to the original size.. :( was hoping it would stay small.. guess I can't have it all :) thanks for that tip though :) eve1 On Mon, 30 Sep 1996 18:41:19 +0100, Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: >In art<324f3bcd.5590886@nntp.best.com>, eve1 writes >>In order to copy part of an ascii picture out of a group of many, you >>can use a text editor such as Microsoft Word. Make sure you set it >>for a mono spaced-font, such as Courier and set your font for >>condensed spacing. Now copy a large ascii file into the document you >>just established. > >A nice effect can be got by using a very small font e.g. >3 or 4 point. Large shaded pictures like "Merridith" >fit onto one side of A4. Medium sized stuff like the bulldog >can be enclosed in a shaded frame and used as clip-art >to enliven snailmail letters or newsletters. > > @@@ @@@ > @("} {")@ > @(.(.)\__ __/(.).)@ > @@@) ( """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ) (@@@ > ( . ) dave@xemu.demon.co.uk ( . ) > \ ) / http://www.demon.co.uk/ \ ( / > \\.-' ,' castle/x/xemu.html^^^ ', `-_// > // ~-~ """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" '~ \\ > / \ > "Consciousness is a product of the brain no more & no less > than earwax is a product of the ear"-Martin Hunt on a.r.s