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From: rkh2@ukc.ac.uk
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In article <3ka9mr$etf@gagme.wwa.com>, gg <gg@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>But what I want to know is how to make a multi line alternative, so we
>can replace the pictures with cute ascii representations.

Before your <img src="image.gif" ALT="Here's the ASCII alternative">, you 
should put a <pre> which still permits the ASCII art (including almost 
all punctuation and all spaces) to be reproduced the same.  Then after 
the closing ">" you should put </pre> to return to normal HTML.

Take a look (download the source if you like) at the following URL using a
text browser or even the latest Netscape beta with image loading turned off:

http://www.dcs.aber.ac.uk/~bmh1/seagulls/main_index.html

It contains a Figlet title and the image in my sig (except that I was 
unable to use quotes (") so I made to with tildes (~)  --- I even tried using
&#34; to get a quote but it just displayed &#34;  :^(  The only other 
character I _know_ you can't use is the > symbol ).

Another one, where the GIF is entirely replaced by Figlet text is an 
unfinished page at:

http://web.cps.msu.edu/~seneris/wes/wes.html

BTW, if you use <li> for bulleted lists, lynx gives you asterisks, *

Cheerio,

Ryan.

 .oo8888oo.     o8888o.         Ryan Harding - supporter of "The Seagulls"
        `Y88o.o888o."888o.      
        .o88888888P   `"888oo.  Brighton & Hove Albion.  Purveyors of fine
      -d88888888888oo.             football and great acts of giantkilling
         `""Y88888P""Y8oo
                                                           Albion Web URL:
                  http://www.dcs.aber.ac.uk/~bmh1/seagulls/main_index.html

..and now for my regular sig.
___________________________________________________________________________
Ryan Harding. Applied Optics Group, Physics Lab, Univ of Kent at Canterbury
Web homepage URL:  http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/ryan.html