X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,bfae42359f52ad7e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,bfae42359f52ad7e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,bfae42359f52ad7e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Subject: Answer: ASCII art on web pages Date: 1995/08/03 Message-ID: <3vqma9$9mc@news.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 107404684 approved: boba@wwa.com sender: boba@miso.wwa.com references: organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services x-url: http://gagme.wwa.com/~boba/ newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Win Kang wrote: >How do i do this? do i simply write into the html file? what if some >error occurs b/c of existence of certain characters? what's a good >command to use? You need to do two things; 1. Use 
 tag before the ASCII art starts, and
after it finishes. This will force the browser to use a monospaced font. 2. Use the escape sequesces for characters like: & < > You can find them in HTML references. Also, you can use ASCII art in ALT tags, so that people using text based can see an ASCII pic where people using graphical browsers see a GIF. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::'' ''::' ':::::: `:::::::::::::'.:::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::' :. : :. :::::: .::::::::::.:::':::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::: : :::. :::::::::::::..::::' '::: : :::::::::::: :::::::::::::::' :': "::' '"::::::::::::: :' '' ':::::::::::: ::::::::' : ' : :: .::::::::' ' .:::::: :::::::: : .:: .::. ::::' :::::::: ::::::::. .,. ::: ':::::::::::.: ' .:...::::::::: :::::::##### ::#### #### ::##### ::##### #### ##### #### ## :## :## : :::::## :::::## ## :## :## :## :## ## ## :## ## ## ## :## :## :: :::::#### ::## :: ###### :##### ::#### ## ##### : ## :## :## :## :## ::: :::::::## :## ::::## :## :## ## ::## : ## ## ## : ## :## :## :## :## :::: ::##### :::#### :## :## :## :## :##### #### ## :## : #### ::######## :::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::. ' '::::::. ' ' :::::.:.:.:.:.:::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::: : '::::::::. ' ,:::::::::: : :.:'::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: ' .::::::::: . :'::::::::::::::' ':::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::'' .:::::::::: :' :'::::::::::::' ':::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::' .:::::::::::. .:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::. .::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::..::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::