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From: mikechat@best.com (MJP)
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Subject: Re: hey what font
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On 09 May 2001 05:45:22 GMT, nosetbacks@aol.com (NoSetbacks) wrote:

 >i was curious what font i need to look at the ascii art, since i use an old
 >version of aol,arial is what i see and use regardless,so if someone can tell
 >me, i assume courier or terminal?

you need to use a fixed width font, such as fixedsys or courier new

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iiiiiiiiiiii
WWWWWWWWWWWW

those three lines should all appear the same length

also, the characters of ASCII are limited to the table below

the list of ASCII character + ALTcodes 

| 32 SP | 33  ! | 34  " | 35  # | 36  $ | 37  % | 38  & | 39  ' |
| 40  ( | 41  ) | 42  * | 43  + | 44  , | 45  - | 46  . | 47  / |
| 48  0 | 49  1 | 50  2 | 51  3 | 52  4 | 53  5 | 54  6 | 55  7 |
| 56  8 | 57  9 | 58  : | 59  ; | 60  < | 61  = | 62  > | 63  ? |
| 64  @ | 65  A | 66  B | 67  C | 68  D | 69  E | 70  F | 71  G |
| 72  H | 73  I | 74  J | 75  K | 76  L | 77  M | 78  N | 79  O |
| 80  P | 81  Q | 82  R | 83  S | 84  T | 85  U | 86  V | 87  W |
| 88  X | 89  Y | 90  Z | 91  [ | 92  \ | 93  ] | 94  ^ | 95  _ |
| 96  ` | 97  a | 98  b | 99  c |100  d |101  e |102  f |103  g |
|104  h |105  i |106  j |107  k |108  l |109  m |110  n |111  o |
|112  p |113  q |114  r |115  s |116  t |117  u |118  v |119  w |
|120  x |121  y |122  z |123  { |124  | |125  } |126  ~ |


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