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What font do you use for ASCII art?

ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
ASCII art is created using a fixed-width font (like on a traditional typewriter), because this is the only way to make it portable. However, several Usenet readers now display messages in a proportional font (where different characters are different widths). The following two lines tell you which kind of font you're using. The arrow ends up in a different place for different font types and is right most of the time: You are using a [Proportional] [Monospaced] font ..............................
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What is "ASCII art?" How can I make it? How much should I use?

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ASCII art consists of an image created solely with the 128 available ASCII characters. Most ASCII artists use trial and error to create their masterpieces, but there are some online ASCII art generators that can be used.
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ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
ASCII art is any sort of pictures or diagrams drawn with the printable characters in the ASCII character set. (For a definition of ASCII, see Question 3.) Probably the most common ASCII art picture is the smiley (-: but it can get a lot more sophisticated than that. ____ .-" +' "-. Here's a small ASCII picture of /.'.'A_'*'.\ a snow-scene paperweight, |:.*'/\-\. ':| drawn by Joan Stark: |:.'.||"|.'*:| \:~^~^~^~^:/ If this picture looks very strange and /'-...
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Can I post or use other people's ASCII art?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
Don't assume that if somebody posts something to a newsgroup, that gives you the right to use it however you like; copyright laws still apply. For more information, see the article 'Copyright Myths FAQ: 10 big myths about copyright explained' in news:news.announce.newusers. (It is also available at http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html.
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How do I draw my own ASCII art?

ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
Unfortunately, there aren't many text books on the subject. :-) A good way to learn is to study how someone has made a picture. What characters are chosen and how the characters are laid out. How a texture is made. ########:::::::::::######## The best way to learn is to Practise. #########:::::::::######### Draw your cat, your toaster, your ##########:::::::########## partner, your musical instruments, ###########,---.
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How do I put ASCII art on a webpage?

ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
HTML, the language used in Web pages, can display ASCII art using the "pre-formatted text" tags <PRE> </PRE> like this:- <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Ascii art on a webpage </TILE> </HEAD> <BODY> <PRE> .----------------------------------------. : __ : : =='_)) __-:!:- (your ascii here) : : ,.' .' ))-:!:- : : ((_,' .
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What types of ascii-art are there?

ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
Grey scale pictures - These create the illusion of grey shades by using letters for their light emitting value. Here is an example of how they break down by light intensity: (Jorn Barger's light value scale) Darker .'',^:";~ Lighter bright /|\ -_+<>i!lI? /|\ dark letters | /\|()1{}[] | letters on rcvunxzjft on dark | LCJUYXZO0Q | bright background \|/ oahkbdpqwm \|/ background Lighter *WMB8&%$#@ Darker D images - Can be viewable by people with similar vision in both eyes.
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What is "ASCII" text? What text can I use?

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ASCII refers to the standard 128 characters (including "control" characters) that can be entered on a standard keyboard. Bascially, all your alphanumeric characters and standard symbols such as colon, semi-colon, asterisk, hash mark, etc.
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How do I convert a picture to ASCII art?

ASCII Art Frequently Asked Questions v3.0.3.19
There are computer programs available which convert graphics files of a variety of formats (often GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for any of these programs to find places where you can download them. Many think that you just put a GIF into a converter program and out comes a perfect ASCII pic.
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What font style and font size should I use in a letter?

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The closer you can approximate the look of a typewritten letter, the more closely people read the letter. Even in the era of desktop publishing, this has been proven again and again. Never "justify" (line up evenly) the right-hand margin, which takes away enormously from its impact as a letter. for size, be kind to over-fifty folks who can't manage smaller print any more. Usually 11- or 12-point type work best.
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What isn't ASCII art?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
The following specialized artforms are not ASCII art and are not welcome in the ASCII art discussion groups. ANSI or 'extended ASCII' art. Many computer systems have an extended character set of 256 or more characters, based on the ANSI or Unicode character sets and having the first 128 characters identical to ASCII.
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How do I view ASCII art?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
If a picture you see posted to this newsgroup looks like a complete mess to you, don't panic. There are several reasons why it may look weird. If none of the pictures in the newsgroup look like what the sender describes them as, then you're probably using a proportional font. To view (and draw) ASCII art, you must use a fixed-width font -- one where all characters are the same width (like on a typewriter).
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What should I know before posting ASCII art?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
It doesn't matter if it's not particularly good -- we'd like to see it anyway. We won't be rude about it (although you'd better tell us what it is, or we might ask :-), but if it shows potential, you may find that other people will 're-diddle' it -- change a few characters, make it a bit better, and re-post it.
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Question: What internal variable can I use to read and write ASCII?

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Answer: The Link Variables are the only internal variables that will accept ASCII data. You must use the suffix ":A" on the link variable to allow the link variable to store ASCII data. For example: Link\State:A = "On"
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What goes on in the ASCII art discussion groups??

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
In the ASCII art discussion groups people discuss ASCII art, post ASCII pictures, post improved versions or variations of pictures other people have drawn, and generally have fun. don't read this, this is a test (that's what alt.test, misc.test, and many other 'test' newsgroups are for) news:rec.arts.ascii is identical in purpose to news:alt.
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Can I post to ask for an ASCII art picture?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
Yes, if we find it interesting. Give your request the subject 'REQ: xyz' if you're looking for a picture of an xyz, then in the message describe more exactly what you're looking for. Generally, the more specific you are, the more likely you are to get someone to draw what you want: if you just say something like 'can someone draw me a fish' then you're not likely to get many replies, because people won't be sure whether or not they're wasting their time by drawing something you won't want.
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How do I get an existing picture converted to ASCII art?

Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ
There are computer programs which convert graphics files of a particular format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names such as ascgif, gifa, gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for any of these programs to find places where you can download them. Try: However, the output from these programs is often not good (fiddling with the picture in an image-editing program beforehand may help).
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How can I use Office Clip Art?

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These code samples come from various authors and are here for purposes of illustration. We can't (and don't) guarantee that they'll work on all systems, or that they are free of harmful side effects. It's your responsibility to verify the appropriateness and safety of any code you find here. We don't offer tech support for the code here. If you have any problems or questions, please post a detailed description on the PowerPoint newsgroup.
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Why do you use that huuuuge font?

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Because I use and read the site myself, and that's what I can comfortably read. And because electronic reading is easier with bigger font sizes, generally -- although it leads to more scrolling. But perhaps what you are seeing is bigger than what the rest of us are seeing. Browsers do vary in their font size presentation (in particular between some versions of Internet Explorer on Windows and the rest of the world.
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How to I find if I use a font to display Cyrillic, or Hindi etc?

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Use Font.canDisplay() to find out if there is a glyph matching a given Unicode character in a given font. This is generally is a question from users of KDE (on Linux or other Unix) or Windows 2000 who would like to use LCD subpixel text. There's no programmatic way to do it in Java SE 6 (but see http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6274842 to see if that has changed since this was written). However if you know what you want you can set a system property : java -Dawt.
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Can we use a font not seen on P&L?

Plaques & Letters: Frequently Asked Questions
Those shown for cast metal & formed plastic are your only options (unless you go with a custom mold for additional expense). We have more fonts than our manufacturers do, and can submit those fonts for plaques and flat cut letters. You can also use your custom font. Email us the TrueType PC font (.ttf file).
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What font did you use on (insert PageKit name here)?

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Make sure you have uploaded the images as well as the HTML files, and that they are uploaded to the right place on the server. Most PageKits have the images in a separate images sub-folder under the main index.html page. Make sure you upload this folder to your server, with the images inside. This may be caused by your new images being slightly different dimensions from the original images.
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What font and size of text should I use when writing FAQs?

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Text files have no font to speak of; the font is based purely on system configurations, so font choice ultimately will not affect the outcome of the FAQ. When writing a FAQ, use a fixed-width font to accurately create tables, charts, diagrams or otherwise paragraph alignments. Courier New is one of the commonly used fixed-width fonts. It takes several days, sometimes longer depending on the backlog. Guides are rarely checked on weekends. Wait until the site is updated.
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What is the best font to use?

ENH Frequently Asked Questions
The Ethiopian News Headlines is not associated with any commercial font vendor and we can not recommend font "A" to be more reliable and compatibly than font "B". We try to make all fonts work equally well and perfectly at our web site. Be aware that font "A" which works fine on Windows '95 may not be as reliable on Windows '98 or in web browser "B" of version "X". This is a result of ever changing software.
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Bob Books
The Bob Books photo book software lets you add captions to your photos, even text or poems. You can create your text in any size or colour. To enable correct reproduction, the fonts that you can use are limited to the fonts supplied as standard with a Windows® computer. At the moment it is not possible to use different fonts, particularly Cyrillic or Arabic fonts.
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Can I use non-ASCII characters?

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Yes! You should use the Unicode character set which is available in later editions of Word and WordPerfect (Authentic and OpenOffice use this set by default). Unicode characters cover a vast array of the world's languages. In some cases, characters are not available in Unicode. If that is the case, you should create the character or characters as an image file (.png format).
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