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From: tmcd@panix.com (Timothy McDaniel)
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Subject: [REQ] Laurel wreath?
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:38:47 +0000 (UTC)
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Sorry to parachute in with just a long-winded request, but I have the
artistic talent of a cherrystone clam.

I format and distribute documents for a not-for-profit group (the SCA,
if you care).  The latest month's document has a depiction of a laurel
wreath, intended to be a proper depiction by our standards (it's the
symbol of the organization, so we're picky).  The illustration is
    <http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel.gif>

One of the document formats I distribute in is ASCII, so I thought it
would be great to have an ASCII art version.  I found
    <http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/jkl/laurel.txt>
by Andre R. Mastel.  It's

  laurel wreath

                (\/)  (\/)
               (\/)    (\/)
              (\/)      (\/)
               (\/)    (\/)
                (\/)\)(\/)       arm
                   //\\

It's ALMOST perfect ... but in particular, a laurel wreath should be a
complete circle or an almost-complete circle, and this one has the
tips further apart than I'd like.  I could remove the two middle
spaces from the top and it would be acceptable, I think,

                 (\/)(\/)
               (\/)    (\/)
              (\/)      (\/)
~               (\/)    (\/)
                (\/)\)(\/)       NOT arm
                   //\\

but Mr. Mastel holds the copyright and we're fairly picky on not
violating other people's copyrights.

Would anyone be willing to generate a simple ASCII laurel wreath and
allow a not-for-profit group to put it on its Web site?

Laurels are pinnate leaves, and they can diminish in size towards the
tips of the wreath.  The berries and a bow at the bottom aren't at all
necessary. Some nice regular pictures of laurel wreaths are at

<http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel.gif>
    mentioned above.  I would prefer it a bit beefier & less spindly,
    and the crossed stems at the bottom are a bit long.
<http://www.amoredraperyhardware.com/Laurel_Wreath_8039.jpg>
    very nice proportions and look!  Hard to do in ASCII, probably.
<http://www.angelfire.com/pa/AEscribes/images/laurel.gif>
    a bit bland

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com; tmcd@us.ibm.com is my work address