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http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (London, UK)
http://www.bluedwarf.net/~mikechat/ada/ (California, USA)
http://votrezone.com/ada/ (Calgary, Canada)
http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA) <==spyware
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Contents
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[1] What's alt.ascii-art?
[2] What is ASCII art?
[3] What does ASCII mean?
[4] Why do all the pictures look strange?
[5] What font do you use for ASCII art?
[6] What program do you use for ASCII art?
[7] How do I draw my own ASCII art?
[8] Can someone do me some kewl lettering?
[9] Where can I find Figlet's address?
[10] Can I copy or post that ASCII picture for myself?
[11] What way works best to ask for a picture of something?
[12] What should I know before posting to alt.ascii-art?
[13] What to NOT post to alt.ascii-art? [da roolz]
[14] How do I convert a picture or graphic to ASCII art?
[15] I have a picture or graphic and I would like it Asciified?
[16] What are ASCII art signature files?
[17] What is ASCII art animation?
[18] What does ObAscii mean?
[19] The ASCII Art Rough-Guide to m$.Outlook?
[20] Where can I find pictures/tutorials/infos/chatrooms/experts?
[21] Historacle's What types of ASCII art are there?
[X1] The Ascii Art 10-Commandments

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[1] What's alt.ascii-art? What's going on here?
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You're probably reading this because it's been posted to
news:alt.ascii-art, news:alt.ascii-art.animation or rec.arts.ascii.
If you're not, jump in and take a look. In these Usenet groups
people discuss ASCII art, request ASCII art, post ASCII art, post
improved versions or variations of other people's ASCII art, and
generally have fun.

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[2] What is ASCII art?
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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
/`-....-'\ you can't really tell what it is,
jgs / \ don't panic -- see Question 5.
`-.,____,.-'

People use ASCII art for a number of reasons. Here are some of them.
* It is the most universal computer art form in the world --
every computer system capable of displaying multi-line text can
display ASCII art, without needing to have a graphics mode or
support a particular graphics file format.
* An ASCII picture is hundreds of times smaller in file size
than its GIF or BMP equivalent, while still giving a good idea
of what something looks like.
* It's easy to copy from one file to another (just cut and paste).
* It's fun!

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[3] What does ASCII mean?
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ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
7-bit as defined in ISO-646 is a basic set of 128 numbered symbols
which almost all kinds of computer can display. Here are the ones
that are used for ASCII art:

032 [space] 048 0 064 @ 080 P 096 ` 112 p
033 ! 049 1 065 A 081 Q 097 a 113 q
034 " 050 2 066 B 082 R 098 b 114 r
035 # 051 3 067 C 083 S 099 c 115 s
036 $ 052 4 068 D 084 T 100 d 116 t
037 % 053 5 069 E 085 U 101 e 117 u
038 & 054 6 070 F 086 V 102 f 118 v
039 ' 055 7 071 G 087 W 103 g 119 w
040 ( 056 8 072 H 088 X 104 h 120 x
041 ) 057 9 073 I 089 Y 105 i 121 y
042 * 058 : 074 J 090 Z 106 j 122 z
043 + 059 ; 075 K 091 [ 107 k 123 {
044 , 060 < 076 L 092 \ 108 l 124 \|
045 - 061 = 077 M 093 ] 109 m 125 }
046 . 062 > 078 N 094 ^ 110 n 126 ~
047 / 063 ? 079 O 095 _ 111 o

There are other characters in the set (with the numbers 0 - 31 and
127), but they can do bad stuff to Usenet readers, so PLEASE DON'T
USE THEM in your pictures (except characters 10 and or 13 which

http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ (London, UK)

http://www.bluedwarf.net/~mikechat/ada/ (California, USA)

http://votrezone.com/ada/ (Calgary, Canada)

http://martweb.hypermart.net/ada/ (Seattle, USA) <==spyware

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Contents

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[1] What's alt.ascii-art?

[2] What is ASCII art?

[3] What does ASCII mean?

[4] Why do all the pictures look strange?

[5] What font do you use for ASCII art?

[6] What program do you use for ASCII art?

[7] How do I draw my own ASCII art?

[8] Can someone do me some kewl lettering?

[9] Where can I find Figlet's address?

[10] Can I copy or post that ASCII picture for myself?

[11] What way works best to ask for a picture of something?

[12] What should I know before posting to alt.ascii-art?

[13] What to NOT post to alt.ascii-art? [da roolz]

[14] How do I convert a picture or graphic to ASCII art?

[15] I have a picture or graphic and I would like it Asciified?

[16] What are ASCII art signature files?

[17] What is ASCII art animation?

[18] What does ObAscii mean?

[19] The ASCII Art Rough-Guide to m$.Outlook?

[20] Where can I find pictures/tutorials/infos/chatrooms/experts?

[21] Historacle's What types of ASCII art are there?

[X1] The Ascii Art 10-Commandments

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[1] What's alt.ascii-art? What's going on here?

========================================================================

You're probably reading this because it's been posted to

news:alt.ascii-art, news:alt.ascii-art.animation or rec.arts.ascii.

If you're not, jump in and take a look. In these Usenet groups

people discuss ASCII art, request ASCII art, post ASCII art, post

improved versions or variations of other people's ASCII art, and

generally have fun.

========================================================================

[2] What is ASCII art?

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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

/`-....-'\ you can't really tell what it is,

jgs / \ don't panic -- see Question 5.

`-.,____,.-'

People use ASCII art for a number of reasons. Here are some of them.

* It is the most universal computer art form in the world --

every computer system capable of displaying multi-line text can

display ASCII art, without needing to have a graphics mode or

support a particular graphics file format.

* An ASCII picture is hundreds of times smaller in file size

than its GIF or BMP equivalent, while still giving a good idea

of what something looks like.

* It's easy to copy from one file to another (just cut and paste).

* It's fun!

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[3] What does ASCII mean?

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ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

7-bit as defined in ISO-646 is a basic set of 128 numbered symbols

which almost all kinds of computer can display. Here are the ones

that are used for ASCII art:

032 [space] 048 0 064 @ 080 P 096 ` 112 p

033 ! 049 1 065 A 081 Q 097 a 113 q

034 " 050 2 066 B 082 R 098 b 114 r

035 # 051 3 067 C 083 S 099 c 115 s

036 $ 052 4 068 D 084 T 100 d 116 t

037 % 053 5 069 E 085 U 101 e 117 u

038 & 054 6 070 F 086 V 102 f 118 v

039 ' 055 7 071 G 087 W 103 g 119 w

040 ( 056 8 072 H 088 X 104 h 120 x

041 ) 057 9 073 I 089 Y 105 i 121 y

042 * 058 : 074 J 090 Z 106 j 122 z

043 + 059 ; 075 K 091 [ 107 k 123 {

044 , 060 < 076 L 092 \ 108 l 124 |

045 - 061 = 077 M 093 ] 109 m 125 }

046 . 062 > 078 N 094 ^ 110 n 126 ~

047 / 063 ? 079 O 095 _ 111 o

There are other characters in the set (with the numbers 0 - 31 and

127), but they can do bad stuff to Usenet readers, so PLEASE DON'T

USE THEM in your pictures (except characters 10 and or 13 which