X-Google-Thread: 731d2cca53,a78584dc37c861b1 X-Google-Attributes: gid731d2cca53,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Original-To: rec-arts-ascii@robomod.net Subject: Re: [DIS] Looking for proportional font ASCII art creators References: From: "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) SXEmacs/22.1.9 (usg-unix-v) X-Original-Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 10:27:40 +0000 X-DF-Seen-By: ms Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii X-Gweep-Cleanmime: quoted=44% X-Gweep-Robomod-Bayes-Score: 0.0001 Organization: rec.arts.ascii moderation hosted by Gweep Systems Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 06:31:26 -0400 Approved: rec-arts-ascii-moderator@robomod.net Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sol01.ashbva.gweep.ca!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com rec.arts.ascii:63 Sid B writes: > Hi, > > I've hunted a LOT for this but to no avail and I'm forced to ask > this on these forums (having read the guidelines on proportional > font art and how it becomes a touchy topic with some people)! Sorry! > > I'm looking for a program / script / techniques that can help me > create proportional sized ASCII art. The font in question is > Arial. I know that the rendering of it will be different from > browser to browser, device to device - however my requirements still > remains the same. While doing this is possible, it is a lot harder than using monospace font. The result will always depend on the actual font chosen, and may need absolute positioning, that is, you'll probably need an external positioning tool, such as CSS (or postscript). If you have a word processor that can display images behind the text, you can use that for the "plastic bag effect" and tabs (with ruler control) to position the characters. The same may be awailable with website editing tools. > Any help on this would be much appreciated. Telling us *what* you want to achieve, rather than just how you want to achieve it will probably help more. Do you intend to have all the letters in the same fontsize? What is the image you're trying to create? IMHO, if you don't know, you're asking the wrong question. Johann