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From: spunk1111@aol.com (Spunk1111)
Subject: Re: [Talk] how do you mail ascii art without it being torn apart????
Date: 1998/05/01
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>From: jduyck9436@aol.com (JDuyck9436)
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>How do you mail ascii art without it being torn apart????

I see that you are on AOL-
At present, AOL only has one font-- Arial.
Arial is a proportional font.  For instance the W is wider than
the I.   All ASCII art is made in a non-proportional font--
or fixed-width font.  Some examples of these are:
courier, FixedSys, or Monaco...   In these fonts, letters
are the same width.

The reason your ASCII art is being "torn apart" has
to do w/the font you are using.  But don't worry-- about
95% of the rest of internet has options for different fonts--
they will be able to see the ASCII art you send- so long
as they use a fixed width font.. And Good news!  AOL
is supposed to be adding font options to their 4.0 update.

-joan
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