X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e68d5bc5b4d57f01 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-21 18:38:17 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: 21 Jan 2002 18:38:16 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 170 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.78.237.128 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1011667097 29068 127.0.0.1 (22 Jan 2002 02:38:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Jan 2002 02:38:17 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13964 yo colin! suggestions labeled * some :P some :| yours clueless, mic ------------------------------------- ___________ ____(_ miniFAQ _)____ >______) (______< [last changed: 22.01.2002] what is ascii-art ? == pictures drawn in ascii * what is ascii? == any letter in the alphabet (a-z, A-Z) any number (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) most punctuation marks (.,';:"!?) some signs (<>@#$%^&*[]{}\/|+-_=~`) ... all this [add ascii char matrix] * give me an example ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ {~._.~} {~:_:~} {~...~} {~+_+~} {~___~} ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ()~*~() ()~*~() ()~*~() ()~*~() ()~*~() (_)-(_) (_)-(_) (_)-(_) (_)-(_) (_)-(_) Koala Koala Koala Dead Sleeping saying saying koala koala -Row yes no * what's this ? == it's a row Koala's in ascii-art * this looks weird == "select" Koala's and choose the font Courier * why Courier ? == because it's a so-called fixed-width font * can i do this ? == dunno, give it a go... where to post ascii-art ? == news:alt.ascii-art * where is alt.ascii-art ? == here where to post animations ? == news:alt.ascii-art.animation * how does one make an animation using the ascii char set ? == [add pointer to ascii-animation faq] where to post binaries ? == news:alt.binaries.pictures.ascii * how does one make a binary of an ascii-pic ? * why would one make a binary of an ascii-pic ? == ? where to post off-topic ? == news:alt.ascii-art.endless-blabla * what is off-topic ? == blabla/no pictures in ascii where to read the FAQ ? == http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/faq.html * what's a FAQ ? == Frequently Asked Questions where to find out how to ? == http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ * how was this pic made ? /T /I / |/ | .-~/ T\ Y I |/ / _ /T | \I | I Y.-~/ I l /I T\ | | l | T / __ | \l \l \I l __l l \ ` _. | \ ~-l `\ `\ \ \\ ~\ \ `. .-~ | \ ~-. "-. ` \ ^._ ^. "-. / \ | .--~-._ ~- ` _ ~-_.-"-." ._ /._ ." ./ >--. ~-. ._ ~>-" "\\ 7 7 ] ^.___~"--._ ~-{ .-~ . `\ Y . / | <__ ~"-. ~ /_/ \ \I Y : | ^-.__ ~(_/ \ >._: | l______ ^--.,___.-~" /_/ ! `-.~"--l_ / ~"-. (_/ . ~( /' "~"--,Y -=b-. _) (_/ . \ : / l c"~o \ \ / `. . .^ \_.-~"~--. ) (_/ . ` / / ! )/ / / _. '. .': / ' ~(_/ . / _ ` .-<_ /_/ . ' .-~" `. / \ \ ,z=. ~( / ' : | K "-.~-.______// "-,. l I/ \_ __{--->._(==. //( \ < ~"~" // /' /\ \ \ ,v=. (( .^. / /\ " }__ //===- ` / / ' ' "-.,__ {---(==- .^ ' : T ~" ll -Row / . . . : | :! \\ (_/ / | | j-" ~^ ~-<_(_.^-~" where to talk about it ? == http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ what does 'obascii' mean ? == obligatory ascii picture * what is obligatory ? == picture drawn in ascii can i post off-topic including ascii-pic ? == yes can i post off-topic including ascii-sig ? == yes * hmm... gimme an example of #1 what do i have to do to get flamed ? == fill-out the form below... http://www.shieldwolf.demon.co.uk/ascii/flamefrm.txt ... and then post it to yourself:) * when can i flame anyone ? == draw better ascii-pics than average where to get a kewl logo ? == http://surfplaza.com/figlet/ (figlet homepage) == http://ianchai.50megs.com/figlet.html where to get a kewl sig ? == do it yourself * wotsasig? == signature e-mail progs add to messages is it fun ? == yes can i do it too ? == yes * why would i want do it ? == ____________________ ____________________ | | ____ | | | CAN YOU GIVE ME | / \I -BUT I CAN ADD A | | ONE GOOD REASON | ( NO PITCHFORK AND A | /\ | WHY I SHOULD LET | \____/I TAIL TO THAT "GO | ( ) | YOU IN? | | TO HELL" ICON. | _)(_ _ |_______________ .___| |_____. _____________|~ __ ~-._ \"~-. \| |/ (_ /~,^ .r~T T~i. ^.~\ _) ` ' \ \/ ,^|| | | ||^. \/ / _____ ___ _ Y / || |[]| || \ Y .--. .^ ,^^\.-. {___~ ) | Y || | | || Y | / __ \ / ) / -- )_ \ c|..^o | | || |[]| || | | / ( (\ \ /( ) ,>.| ) \ |c_,| <| |===||=| |=||===| |> ( ( (\ Y __ (/ o Y).--^-------. )_/l <| |===||=|[]|=||===| |> ( ( (\l)/ \ )I | [~~~~~~~\| `--.\---x. || | | || | | ( ( ( (|Y Y ( |\| | \ _____\__ _ _/r~) )\_ ||_|[]|_||_ _| | _. ( \ \ || |____>-| | T = |.__\\<\`^ ", \~|| | | || ~ | |"~ \ \ (\| '~~ Y____|_I__l_n___|_ / `---c~~^. Y'~^|_.^"`|_.-^-|__,-~ ( \ ( ( (| | | | [=o H .=.]_ `-I~T~Y |- __ ( \ \ l | | l___[___H____] ~"_| | | ,t __ "~ ~" \ ( \ \I\ | |[_________H____] / | l_j_.-T |--"~~ ~"-.__,.--"~ \ \ \ ||`----^-' :\_______H__/ \/| | |-.._ ( \|; : | |.. .. H.|^,__.-| : : |_ _.--~~"--.. \ | _ l _ : ||| || H|| __ ! | ' l "~" -Row ._ _.-" _|,-' ~"-' ~-.L|^.||_H|^-"~ ~"-. ._ \_.-"~-.__ "~ "~ ._ __,--.__~~ ~-._ _. "~~ ~~~" ~~" ~~" "~~~" what computer should i use ? == one that works what operating-system ? == any OS what program should i use ? == text-editor * what is a text-editor ? == a computer programme for editing in plain text * what is plain text ? == ascii what font should i use ? == fixed-width font (monospace) what font-face is best ? == the one you like * i like Arial can i use a typewriter ? == if you want to is there a program for ascii-art ? == yes - to convert image to ascii ? == yes - i meant colour html-ascii ? == yes - i meant colour irc-ascii ? == yes - i meant 8-bit ascii ? == yes the latest program for ascii-art == www.jave.de (java ascii draw) how do i make MsOutlook work ? == options > fonts > courier new anything else i should know ? == yes! -> Read the FAQ ____________________________________________________________________ disclaimer: the information above is not guaranteed to be accurate -- __ ___ __ :::/ |_ | .`):: ::( (-| | | <::: :::\__|___|_|_\::