X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,20edcea3be310e5c X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Veronica Karlsson Subject: Re: Why are all the ASCII's in my newsreader BAD??? Date: 1997/12/03 Message-ID: <3485E459.167EB0E7@on.spammer>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 294985346 References: <65hrfc$4ak$1@news.worldonline.nl> <+1$7zTBnxwf0Ew11@xemu.demon.co.uk> <6608ja$m50$1@mnementh.southern.co.nz> <34843EF6.62A3@freent.toronto.on.ca> Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art llizard wrote: > Colin Douthwaite wrote: > > Dave Bird wrote: > > >yes writes: > > >>I have to copy all the ASCII-arts into a notepath, and than they look like > > >>something.. > > >> > > >>What's the problem? > > > > >You have to change the display font to a non-propotional > > >one such as fisedsys, courrier, or monaco, > > >so that m is the same width as i and these lines > > >mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm > > >iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii > > >are the same length. > > > > Nowadays this must be the most Frequently Answered Question in this > > newsgroup. > > > > Perhaps we need a specific Mini-FAQ on it ? > > > > It demonstrates the well known fact that people simply do not read > > FAQs or just skim through them and do not save a copy or use it as a > > reference. > > [ 8< ] > -- > ___ > _/ | ,^%--- > |_____| __< \ I vote "yes" to a mini FAQ on font education. > --- == -- > > [_____] __>,^ llizard aka ejm cq547@freenet.toronto.on.ca > ejm97| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ I agree, a mini-FAQ might work! (I'll stick to my figlet-link-sig, I don't know if it's working but it makes me feel better...) :) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-