X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a87e904bb09aa8b5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-09 20:16:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.elcjn1.sdca.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RedDog Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Dog ASCII Pics for Signature Message-ID: References: <925ipt06all6t7f0jb0hlajke22dha0je3@4ax.com> <9nb7rr$6bsnv$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> <3seiptgte7s3l09aattamjacv54h115tar@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 03:16:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.13.100.21 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.elcjn1.sdca.home.com 1000091805 65.13.100.21 (Sun, 09 Sep 2001 20:16:45 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 20:16:45 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7396 On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:01:53 +0100, Dave Bird spewed forth the following: >In article, Philip Newton > writes: >>On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:18:36 GMT, RedDog wrote: >> >>> btw, what's a standard line length? 72 chars? >> >>If you're worrying about "standards" in signatures, a signature >>shouldn't exceed 4 lines and should be preceded by a line containing >>only dash-dash-space. > > These constraints have different significance: > > > over 72 characters per line and the reader's software will > likely insert a line break so he can't SEE the proper drawing. > > Dash dash space is used with software that cuts signatures off > quoted articles in replies; a minor inconvenience if omitted. > > The four line limit is arbitrary and doesn't matter at all. k thanks ------------------------------------------------- ------ ---- -- - - - ____|\ `-/ \ Tristan 'RedDog' Hudson (\_/) \ "Everything's true... except that part about my penis. /_ _ | It's bigger than coins." \#_/\ | -- Hector, America's Sweethearts jg \--`