X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f1ce3a9cb86fc50c X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-05 07:26:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!skynet.be!newsfeeds.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!newsfeed2.funet.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central.inet.fi!inet.fi!read2.inet.fi.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olli.wilkman@pp.inet.fi (Olli Wilkman) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: sms ascii art Message-ID: <3c5ff862.6498849@news.inet.fi> References: <3c5bd8c5$0$198$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3C5BF425.6060506@gmx.ch> <1jqq5ugebguqs4ngbl1d4fc58b4j9a00ru@4ax.com> <3c5e49dd.9409028@news.earthlink.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 28 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 15:20:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.156.180.213 X-Trace: read2.inet.fi 1012922416 195.156.180.213 (Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:20:16 EET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:20:16 EET Organization: Sonera corp Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14437 In: alt.ascii-art On: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 14:48:33 +0100 From: "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" >>Whether the font is fixed or variable width is irrelevant. The question >>is whether the underlying code is ASCII. >> >>I can set up ASCII to any font I want - fixed or variable. (and I would >>love to see some variable width ASCII art) >> >>Dr. Roy > >ascii art needs a fixed width font if it uses more than one line and >even if it only uses one line it still is unpredictable if sent to a >phone with different character widths > But text-art for Nokia phones exists. At least here in Finland you can order SMS messages that contain a kind of "text comic strip". There's one image per screen and as you scroll the screen while reading it, you it can be "animated". -- Olli "Dronir" Wilkman Q: How many bankers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Four - One to hold the bulb and three to try to remember the combination. (left a bit, right a bit, left a bit...)