X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,865e023144e9bbb4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-23 03:31:05 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: What kind of art is this please? References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: ghost.ecs.soton.ac.uk Date: 23 May 2002 11:23:16 GMT X-Trace: 23 May 2002 11:23:16 GMT, ghost.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 36 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-x2.support.nl!peer.news.eu-x.com!server2.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!ghost.ecs.soton.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17340 On Thu, 23 May 2002 09:45:00 +0100, Helenl wrote: > I am very new to ascii art etc, so please be patient > > Someone sent me an email with a signature like this > > > -:�:- ���)) > �.�� .����) > ((��.�� ..�� -:�:- > -:�:- ((��.��* Helen* ..� ���)) -:�:- > �.�� .����)) > ((��.�� ..�� -:�:- > -:�:- ((��.��* > > Does this type of art have a name? Where can I find other examples? I've given up trying to work out what it's called. Having looked down jgs's and a:f's lists, the best I can come up with is 'swirly thing'. BTW, it isn't technically ascii art, because it contains some non-ascii characters (like � and �). On my system these appear as a central dot and a slanted quote, but they may look different on systems with another character set. This is why ascii art only uses a small range of characters - because they are standard in just about all character sets. > I've search the net but can only find ascii pictures. I'm not sure what > words to put into the search engine to find this sort of thing There are a few on Joan Stark's homepage at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ . You might find some more on the Webring (linked from there). I can't find anything on search engines either :( Anyone in the group feel like drawing some? Or working out what to call them? -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)