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From: CJRandall <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 293
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lament <order_of_may@yahoo.com> writes
>On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 17:24:40 -0700, Faux_Pseudo wrote:
>
>> obascii spider
>>            __  _             _ . . _
>>           (__><_)O"         _ \ O / _  and something else.
>>              //|\   :F_P:   _==( )==_
>>                              _//^\\_
>>                                '-'
>
>\ /
>>o<
>/O\
>
>This looks much better with extended ascii, though:
>
>\ /
>>�<
>/O\
>
hi ...

that does actually depend upon what font you are using
the 'terminal' font shows that 'o' char as 'divide' symbol
ex:      _   _
        (_) (_)              _
          ___               (_)
         / _ \           __________
        | | | |         |__________|
        | |_| |              _
         \___/              (_)

which is the main problem when using extended chars
they are different in every font ... altho' there may be
similarities between extended sets they are not guaranteed
to be the same throughout the entire code range 128-255

also ... when i go to post this message my mailer bleats:
"The article you are posting contains the character '�' and
 possibly other characters which are not guaranteed to pass
 through all transports"
which suggests that the post distribution may become limited
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