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From: "Carl W." <root@127spam.0.0.1>
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Subject: Re: testing the font
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Tom Bampton wrote:

> "Philip Peters" <philip.peters@arcormail.de> wrote in message
> news:atik01$13jdgf$2@ID-167436.news.dfncis.de...
> > o o o o
> > l l l l l l l
> > hhhhhhh
> > --------
> > KKKK
> >
> > I think that the font is not correct, or?
>
> Doesnt look it. If what you typed lined up, its definately not
> correct. These should line up:
>
> llllllll|
> AAAAAAAA|
>
> Change the font to Lucida Console, Courier, or something similar.
> There's some info in the alt.ascii-art FAQ about how to do it in
> certain newsreaders.

Here's a paraphrase of something I found around here many moons ago:

The following two lines tell you which kind of font you're using. The arrow
ends up in a different place for different font types, and is right most of
the time:

You are using a [Proportional] [Monospaced] font
                                  --^--

ASCII-Art is best viewed (and created) in Monospaced. :)

ObASCII:  oooo  oooo   oooo  oooo
          |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |   Dilbert * 4
          -OO-  |e-O   O-e|  e  e   (with apologies to Scott Adams).
          |()|  |   ) (   |  |  |
          |  |  |  |   |  |  |  | crw
          `--'  `--'   `--'  `--'
Carl - relurking. again.