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curved. And characters may be wide or narrow.
o The weight, or heaviness of characters can vary. Serifs can make
them look heavier. Often effected by weight inconsistencies are
symbols like: # $ @
o Shapes can vary too:
The more consistent shapes are: - / \
The more inconsistent shapes are: ~ ^ * & | ' [ ] < > 0 l y
o Fonts from different countries may have different characters in them.
Characters that may not appear in a font are: ^ ` # | { } ~ \ [ ] $ @
o Different systems display text differently. If you look at a
picture on a terminal at a Unix site, and then bring it home and
view it on a Mac, it will look different. On the Mac, it will be
displayed shorter top to bottom. In other words, it will have a
greater aspect ratio. Even though it contains the same number of
lines.
See ASCII Art Resources and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version
of the FAQ) for an aspect ratio chart.
6 How can I learn to make ASCII art?
Unfortunately, there aren't many text books on the subject. :-) A
good way to learn is to study how an artist has made a picture.
What characters are chosen. How are the characters laid out? How
is a texture made?
You can also modify existing art. Take a piece of art you think
could be improved. Make a copy. Now work on it. When you are good
at that, try to improve a really good pic. Diddle a GIF conversion.
Then see if you can fix a damaged file. Now take some small pics
and put them together into a big composite image.
If you're working from scratch, the following may help you:
o Decide what you want. Block out the sizes ond shapes of things so
you can get the proportions right. Do it now, not later, you'll
save work.
o Add detail. Concentrate on the focal point and important parts of
your drawing. ASCII art is low definition, so you'll have to make
the pic big if you want detail or real smoothness. Take a tip
from master cartoonists, just try to suggest things, don't try to
replicate them. Too much detail can end up looking confusing.
o One of the biggest helps is knowing how to shape things. For
example, you can curve a horizontal line with just: _ - "
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o Slanting vertical lines is easy. These four line are all made
with a few characters, like: / , _ - ' "
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
/ ,' ,-' ,_-'"
o Then there's smoothing, also called "anti-aliasing". This is
where special care is taken to use characters for their shapes.
With this technique, you can smooth out a font, or an object like
the one below. Notice how the sides on the object are curved
using: d b ( ) Y
XXXX d88b
XXXXXXXX <- Turn this d888888b
XXXXXXXXXX (88888888)
XXXXXXXX Into this -> Y888888Y
XXXX Y88Y
Popular fills are: 8 M H
o Use areas of characters for patterns, tones, and contrast. For
example, in this flower, notice the density of the letters
subtlely change to form the petals. I would like to see this
colorized.
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