X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e68d5bc5b4d57f01 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-08 21:56:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: mic@dataweb.nl (Mic) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Ascii-Art miniFAQ Date: 8 Feb 2002 21:56:44 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.78.237.159 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1013234205 32510 127.0.0.1 (9 Feb 2002 05:56:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Feb 2002 05:56:45 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14516 ______>8------ > there is a list of fonts described in the > Ascii-Art Documents Archive that people have > found useful on a variety of OS > > unfortunately Lucida-Console is NOT available to ALL MsOutlook users > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > by default but Courier-New is A couple of years ago --when i interpreted every single char posted to a.a-a as if it were some sort of a secret message from beyond (7-bit zone, a world unknown)-- someone posted a 2me viable explanation of the limited set of fonts transferred with all OS'es. If i remember correctly 2 out of ? parameters were yes/no fixed-width, and yes/no serif, as in: fixed-width | not serif | courier | times not (sans-) | ... | helvetica Could be Ilmari Karonen. Could be a dream. > ... its not my fault ... blame Bill Gates __ ___ __ :::/ |_ | .`):: ::( (-| | | <::: :::\__|___|_|_\:: ___\ |__ / \ hmmm... -- mic