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On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:04:58 -0400, Sid B <siliconpi@gmail.com> wrote:

>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.
>
>Any help on this would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>Sid

You are referring to macros i take it. The tutorials page is a wealth
of info

http://web.archive.org/web/20000118131704/http://come.to/themacrohouse


Jave can display both fix and proportional font art but have not tried
creating proportional font art with it

http://www.jave.de/


I use this for displaying the japanese text art with good result.
change font and size to your needs.

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