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From: Dave Bird <dave@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Ascii art from 1865
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In article<a3dgh1$5k$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, Sam Blanning <enquiries@nat
ionalcoursingclub.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>Technically, that's not ASCII art. That's some form of poetry. I can't
>remember what it's called, but someone else will surely know. There are many
>other examples of poetry written in the form of a picture. Unfortunately I
>can't remember any that I could put a title or a theme to.

 Making pictures with typography has many forms.  Some put text into a 
 shape that suits the subject. Some use only a single character as
 a pixel dot, or a small variety.  Others incorporate letter shapes
 into fine detail. Micro-art, like llizard's stuff, is built from 
 one character equals perhaps one third of a person so entirely bases
 on its shape.

                 (.")   ("_)
                   \      |
      wot's 'e on about   I dunno, e's been on the pills agen I fink



In article<Yor68.6427$sU.1045191@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
palmer666 <palmer666@ntlworld.com> writes:
>Whilst flipping the pages of a very, very old copy of Alice in Wonderland
>by  Lewis Caroll (first published in 1865), I came upon a very example of
>early of ascii art. I have tried to reproduce it below as accurately as I
>can although it cannot be an exact copy because the printed version  used
>font size that decreased gradually down the page.

 Oh, I like this a lot; I thought at first you had devised it.
>
>======================================================== 
>
>'It  is  a long tail, certainly said Alice, looking down
>with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it
>sad?'  And  she  kept  on  puzzling  about  it while the
>Mouse was speaking, so that her idea  of  the  tale  was
>something like this:- 'Fury said to a
>                   mouse, That
>                     he met in the
>                          house, "Let
>                              us both go
>                                 to law: I
>                                 will prosec-
>                                  cute you --
>                                Come, I'll
>                             take no de-
>                         nial:  We
>                     must  have
>                 the trial;
>               For really
>             this morn-
>           ing I've
>          nothing
>         to do."
>          Said the
>           mouse to
>            the cur,
>             "Such   a
>               trial, dear
>                   sir, With
>                      no  jury
>                        or judge,
>                            would
>                         be wast-
>                      ing our
>                   breath."
>                 "I'll be
>               judge,
>            I'll be
>          jury,"
>         said
>        cun-
>        ning
>          old
>           Fury;
>             "I'll
>               try
>                 the
>                  whole
>                   cause,
>                    and
>                  con-
>                demn
>              you to
>           death"
>========================================================
>

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