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o Send the email message
Your message will be acknowledged. It will be given a number
which you should save in case of a problem. Within a day or two you
should recieve either a file or an error message. If you get an
error, make sure the following are correct: host name, pathname,
filename, commands, cAsE.
11 What does the Scarecrow recommend?
The Scarecrow's recommendations:
o If you're short on disk space, I would suggest you save this FAQ
and get just those files containing the type(s) of art you are
interested in.
o If you have a bit more disk space, you may want to get the Best of
the Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive, and the ASCII Art Reference
file. And select a number of files from Steve Sullivan's Small
ASCII Pics.
o If you have some disk space to spare, you should get all of the
SAAAs, and the ASCII Art Resources file. You can also get all of
Steve's Small ASCII Pics. Megabytes of art. With the SAAAs, AAR,
and SAPs, you'll be an ASCII art expert and collector, instantly!
Disk space is often limited, so store ASCII art compressed (it
should compress 3:1). View it when it's compressed by typing: "zcat
filename | more" for .Z and "gzcat filename | more" for .gz files.
12 Is it OK to copy ASCII art?
ASCII art that is posted is considered copyrighted by the poster.
But since the post goes around the world, and copyright laws vary,
you'd have trouble enforcing it in some places. The correct thing
to do is ask permission before using a piece.
13 How do I make those big letters?
You can make lettering like the above subtitle "ANSWERS" by hand,
or use a program called Figlet. With Figlet, the letters you type
are automatically turned into big letters. Figlet stands for Frank,
Ian and Glenn's LETters. ^
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Figlet is available for use on some host systems. If it is not,
you can obtain Figlet and fonts from the sites listed in Question
14. There are about 100 fonts for use with Figlet. Figlet fonts
have a .flf suffix. Figlet is currently in version 2.1, available
for Unix, DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST.
There are a number of examples of Figlet fonts in the ASCII Art
Resources and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version of the FAQ).
You'll also find info on Figlet utilities, methods of feeding Figlet
output to files, modifying Figlet output, and a vi macro.
Some other hosts have a program called "Banner" which performs a
similar function.
14 Where can I get Figlet?
You can get Figlet, fonts, and utilities from:
o FTP Sites:
Official Figlet Site
-> Host: ftp.nicoh.com
Path: pub/figlet
URL: ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet
Scarecrow's FTP Site
-> Host: ftp.wwa.com
Path: pub/Scarecrow/Figlet
URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Figlet
Has Figlet, utilities, and all the fonts I've found.
Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites.
If you have any Figlet fonts that are not on my site, please put
them in my incoming FTP folder. Thank you.
-> Host: ftp.netcom.com
Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart/fonts
URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart/fonts
Fonts only.
o Figlet WWW Server:
-> URL: http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet
o Figlet Mail Server: