X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1c57bc1e5c8cb6b2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-25 08:51:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Laura T. Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Variable Font ASCII ART ???? Message-ID: References: <3c1fd1ea.25033316@news.ucsf.edu> <3c280eaa.39672313@news.earthlink.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.553 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 50 Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 16:51:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.235.58.35 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1009299067 208.235.58.35 (Tue, 25 Dec 2001 08:51:07 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 08:51:07 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net X-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2001 08:51:09 PST (newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12765 On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 05:32:01 GMT, rayo@number.net wrote: >On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 08:47:25 GMT, Laura T. wrote: > >>On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 23:32:34 GMT, roy@itsa.uscf.edu wrote: >> >>>Has anybody done any? Examples? What fonts? >> >>http://www.backwash.com/content.php?jouid=2248 >> >>I found a link that was interesting. They used different fonts to make >>a picture. You have to put it in an image file to be easily viewable. >>Take a look and see it this is what you were thinking of. >> >>Its the link "Reinventing ASCII Art". > >Interesting, but not quite what I was thinking. The pics shown could be >just as easily painted. > >Specifically, I was thinking of traditional ASCII art. But, instead of >working in courier, have you tried to do a picture using Times-Roman? Or >some other font? If posted, you would have to tell us what font to set >our newsreaders to. > >Years ago, I took a printing course - at that time Helvetica was >popular. Approximate width counts were something like: 1/2 for i and j; >1.5 for caps or m; 2 for M; etc. I always work in FixedSys. I read the newsgroups and email in FixedSys too. Now and then the odd ASCII picture looks awful when I see it in Courier instead. I have an angel thats quite nice but I think she looks terrible when I see her in Courier somewhere. Bug uses Lucinda font. But so far everything looks fine in FixedSys too. I don't change fonts to see his ASCII. Laura Merry Christmas! . __/ \__ \ / /.'o'.\ .o.'. http://wz.com/business/ASCIIart.html .'.'o'. o'.o.'.o. .'.o.'.'.o. Opening Soon... .o.'.o.'.o.'. http://www.hercorner.com [_____] \___/ ldb http://www.geocities.com/theshedragon/ldbascii.htm