X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9dab3bc4ce7a2aa8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-24 02:03:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!not-for-mail From: "Phydeaux" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: HELP Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:58:14 +0900 Organization: Korea Telecom Lines: 75 Message-ID: References: <3C7802A9.3361E16C@surfsouth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.48.81.190 X-Trace: news1.kornet.net 1014544241 23890 211.48.81.190 (24 Feb 2002 09:50:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@feeder.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:50:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:14988 "Timothy Lee Easom" wrote in message news:3C7802A9.3361E16C@surfsouth.com... > Can anyone help me? You see I want to learn to do ascii-art, yet I can > not find anything to help me. Would someone please direct me to a > program and/or toutorial. Thanks > Timothy Lee Easom Please read the following: "David Carey"/"DC" wrote in message news:a4rfgr$5mu$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... "LGB" wrote in message news:3c71b9c8.2561635@news.charter.net... "Phydeaux"/"P" wrote in message news:a4rr3e$d7q$1@news1.kornet.net... "MJP" wrote in message news:3c719f7b.36107100@205.158.27.245... DC> Hi! DC> DC> I have seen some of you work and think it's really good, but now I want to DC> make my own Ascii art. DC> DC> Where should I start? What tutorials are there? Anyone got time to teach me? LGB>Take a look at a few pages an see how charcters were applied. Draw something LGB>that you like in various ways. Practice an have fun DC> Thanks in advance P>I'd say go to Veronica Karlsson's ASCII page at P>http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/ASCII.HTML , but her site seems to be P>down at the moment. When it does come back up, she has some good references P>and links on it. I've got some of the FAQ's cached, if you want me to zip P>them up and email them to you. P>To peruse other artists' work, go to www.google.com and search for "ascii P>art", or go to the ascii art webrings at P>http://r.webring.com/webring?ring=ascii&list or P>http://artcode.org/ascii/list.php . P>As for an editor, check out Markus Gebhart's www.jave.de for the -best- P>ascii art tool around! He also has references to Figlet fonts (at P>http://ianchai.50megs.com/figlet.html ), which are used to automatically P>transform typed letters to ascii art letters (useful for banners, lettering, P>etc.). P>Finally, when you find something that catches your fancy and ascii-fy it, P>post it here for the rest of us to enjoy! Good luck and have fun! P>-Phydeaux MJP>Oh, and when you post here, ignore the current flock of trolls, they think they are quite original MJP>and entertaining as most trolls do, being quite possessed with themselves. However despite their MJP>grotesque disfiguration and blatant vulgarisms they are no more that mites on a gnats back, and have MJP>no other power than what responses they get from others. MJP>There are two tutorials by JRO on this page http://www.bluedwarf.net/ascii/index.html LGB>Always consider the source an pay it little attention. P.S. - Wouldn't it be a good thing to research your problem to see if you can solve it yourself before asking others to solve it for you? -Phydeaux ObAscii: o ("A Little Time: 'Look ma, no hands!'")