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instead, and post a reference to it to news:alt.ascii-art.
Alternatively, post it to news:rec.arts.ascii (see [13.2]).

* HTML art. HTML, the language used in Web pages, can be used to
add special effects such as colours, font size, and blinking
text to ASCII art, and HTML can be read by some Usenet readers.
However, to many they just appear as a jumble of <TAGS> and are
totally unrecognizable, so don't post HTML to Usenet. Put it on
a Web page instead, and post the address to news:alt.ascii-art.
See http://llizard.crosswinds.net/ascii-art/asciionpage.htm
for instructions on how to do this.

* ASCII art animated using Java or JavaScript.
This relies, not only on the newsreader being able to display
HTML, but also being able to run Java or JavaScript.
Put it on a Web page instead, and post the address to
news:alt.ascii-art.animation and news:alt.ascii-art

* Proportional Font ASCII art screws up on many readers' displays
Send a GIF of it to news:alt.binaries.pictures.ascii or
put it on a Web page instead and post a reference to it to
news:alt.ascii-art or post it to news:rec.arts.ascii

Finally, do not use any control codes, non-ASCII characters,
or word-processor-type formatting in your postings. These are
particular to your editor or computer system they will almost
certainly not have the intended effect on the systems the rest
of us use (they may even crash some Usenet readers).

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[13.2] What can I post to rec.arts.ascii?
====================================================================
The official charter for rec.arts.ascii, as sent in the newsgroup
control message, is:

The group news:rec.arts.ascii will be an appropriate group for
postings to include, but not be limited to, the following:

o All forms of ASCII art including, but not limited to:
- Standard ASCII art.
- Animations.
- ANSI color graphics.
o Discussion about pieces of art.
o Requests for specific pieces of art, and their fulfilment.
o Questions and answers covering:
- Creating and viewing ASCII art.
- Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.
o Discussion about artists in the field.

rec.arts.ascii is a moderated group meaning that all posts are
reviewed before being sent to the group. That work is done by a
robo-moderator which filters Spam and checks the posts have the
correct format before approving them. It can also target a
specific poster's traffic for human moderator approval.

Subjects must be tagged either:
[PIC] for pictures
[REQ] for requests for others to draw pictures
(people replying with pictures change the tag to [PIC])
[DIS] for general ascii art related discussion and replies.
[ADMIN] for the moderator to post important information.

>> NOTE: Please read:-
>>
>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/guidelines.txt
>>
>> for concise up-to-date list of permitted subject tags
>> and usage before posting.

The robo-mod also checks that the posts are in PLAIN TEXT only,
that line length is set to LESS than 80 characters UNLESS the
phrase [long lines] is in the BODY of the post, when the LIMIT
is then raised to 200 characters.

Cross-posting is permitted provided that:
o - it is to no more than three groups
o - the followup-to header is set to only one group.
Cross-posting to other moderated groups is NOT permitted.

========================================================================
[14] How do I convert a picture to ASCII art?
========================================================================
[14.1] programs:
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.

Try:
gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70
ftp://ftp.simtel.com/.
http://www.jave.de/. <== new

Many think that you just put a GIF into a converter program and
out comes a perfect ASCII pic. Here are some things you can do
to improve the chances of getting a good conversion:-

o Use an 8 bit grey scale or color image instead of a 2 bit B&W.
o Use an image with a wide, even distribution of tones.
o Keep it simple, like a face or close-up of an object.

instead, and post a reference to it to news:alt.ascii-art.

Alternatively, post it to news:rec.arts.ascii (see [13.2]).

* HTML art. HTML, the language used in Web pages, can be used to

add special effects such as colours, font size, and blinking

text to ASCII art, and HTML can be read by some Usenet readers.

However, to many they just appear as a jumble of <TAGS> and are

totally unrecognizable, so don't post HTML to Usenet. Put it on

a Web page instead, and post the address to news:alt.ascii-art.

See http://llizard.crosswinds.net/ascii-art/asciionpage.htm

for instructions on how to do this.

* ASCII art animated using Java or JavaScript.

This relies, not only on the newsreader being able to display

HTML, but also being able to run Java or JavaScript.

Put it on a Web page instead, and post the address to

news:alt.ascii-art.animation and news:alt.ascii-art

* Proportional Font ASCII art screws up on many readers' displays

Send a GIF of it to news:alt.binaries.pictures.ascii or

put it on a Web page instead and post a reference to it to

news:alt.ascii-art or post it to news:rec.arts.ascii

Finally, do not use any control codes, non-ASCII characters,

or word-processor-type formatting in your postings. These are

particular to your editor or computer system they will almost

certainly not have the intended effect on the systems the rest

of us use (they may even crash some Usenet readers).

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

[13.2] What can I post to rec.arts.ascii?

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

The official charter for rec.arts.ascii, as sent in the newsgroup

control message, is:

The group news:rec.arts.ascii will be an appropriate group for

postings to include, but not be limited to, the following:

o All forms of ASCII art including, but not limited to:

- Standard ASCII art.

- Animations.

- ANSI color graphics.

o Discussion about pieces of art.

o Requests for specific pieces of art, and their fulfilment.

o Questions and answers covering:

- Creating and viewing ASCII art.

- Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files.

o Discussion about artists in the field.

rec.arts.ascii is a moderated group meaning that all posts are

reviewed before being sent to the group. That work is done by a

robo-moderator which filters Spam and checks the posts have the

correct format before approving them. It can also target a

specific poster's traffic for human moderator approval.

Subjects must be tagged either:

[PIC] for pictures

[REQ] for requests for others to draw pictures

(people replying with pictures change the tag to [PIC])

[DIS] for general ascii art related discussion and replies.

[ADMIN] for the moderator to post important information.

>> NOTE: Please read:-

>>

>> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/asciiart/guidelines.txt

>>

>> for concise up-to-date list of permitted subject tags

>> and usage before posting.

The robo-mod also checks that the posts are in PLAIN TEXT only,

that line length is set to LESS than 80 characters UNLESS the

phrase [long lines] is in the BODY of the post, when the LIMIT

is then raised to 200 characters.

Cross-posting is permitted provided that:

o - it is to no more than three groups

o - the followup-to header is set to only one group.

Cross-posting to other moderated groups is NOT permitted.

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

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

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

[14.1] programs:

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.

Try:

gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70

ftp://ftp.simtel.com/.

http://www.jave.de/. <== new

Many think that you just put a GIF into a converter program and

out comes a perfect ASCII pic. Here are some things you can do

to improve the chances of getting a good conversion:-

o Use an 8 bit grey scale or color image instead of a 2 bit B&W.

o Use an image with a wide, even distribution of tones.

o Keep it simple, like a face or close-up of an object.