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From: lgbeard <lgbeard@bullregraud.nut>
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On 19 Sep 2003 09:52:09 -0700, anubis@email.ipagan.net (Anubis Yellowstar) wrote:

>hello.  i've decided to try to start making my own ascii art... for
>now, i'm going to stick with Egyptian symbols and other similar pagan
>mythologies.  so far, i've done the Eye of Horus and a classic Ankh. 
>i was going to post them here, but when i did a message Preview in
>google, some of the characters got replaced with bits of code... does
>anyone know how i can prevent this?  in the meantime, is there a
>website somewhere with it's own message board where ppl share ascii
>art?
>
>ciao for niao...

In an attempt to answer your question your charachter set may have 
used non-standard charachters. This should answer a lot of your 
question http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/faq.html and a few more.


obascii -- scribe

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lgbeard