X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3c9ac71bea292948 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-31 16:29:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator!feed2.newsfeeds.com!newsfeeds.com!news-in-austin.nuthinbutnews.com!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B673EAA.AC0C8747@gtcom.net> From: Krogg Reply-To: krogg.no.to.spam@gtcom.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,en-US,en-GB,ja,af MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Fonts? References: <3B671F18.ED73FB7A@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 37 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:26:34 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.16.178.172 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 996622140 12.16.178.172 (Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:29:00 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:29:00 EDT Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6834 Markus Gebhard wrote: > > Hello Ascii Artists, > > I am working on support for other fonts than Courier New for the next > release of Jave. Unfortunately it seems I have to compile a list of > fonts that make make sense for ascii art. I have tried to find them out > within my program by looking at some character widths of all fonts > available on the system, but this takes a lot of time for testing and > most of the result fonts are symbolic ones (like Wingdings)... > > So here is my question: What are the names of the fonts you are using > for ascii art? > Please post your answer directly to me - I don't think it makes sense to > flood the ng with messages about this topic - or does it? > > Or if you are into Java programming: Do you have a good idea about how > to find out fonts that are suitable for ascii art by a program? > > Thanks, > Markus > -- > http://www.jave.de Topaz New 2 Can be found on my page in sig below. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. krogg.no.to.spam@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|