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File: academy/tutorials/tut_ceejay.txt
"How to draw ASCII" by Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen
Website at http://CeeJay.dk (practicly never updated - I'm lazy)
[Lines]
Lines in general are made by putting characters with different "height"
next to each other in a way that simulates a line.
Most characters suitable for creating a line fall in 4 heightcategories.
For some heights there are a choice between different characters.
It's important to choose a character for your height with a form and
position that seems to match the line.
Suitable characters are :
High : ` ' "
Middle : - =
Low : . ,
Bottom : _
You might think that ~ would be a good character too, but since ~ can
be displayed very differently from system to system it is best not to
use it when drawing lines
Some of theese are best for lines slanting ..
.. right :
_,.-'"
and some for slanting ..
.. left :
"`-._
And then there are / and \ and | .. all characters which forms restrict
their usability to lines that closely resembles their shape.
The best characthers are entirely a personal preference.
Here are some different types of lines.. which do you like the best ?
| | / .' .-' _.-'
| .' / .' .-' _.-'
| | / .' .-' _.-' __..--""
| .' / .' .-' _.-' __..--""
| | / .' .-' .-' __..--"" _______________
| | / ,' _,' _,-'
| ,' / ,' _,' _,-'
| | / ,' _,' _,-' __..--'"
| ,' / ,' _,' _,-' __..--'"
| | / ,' ,' ,-' __..--'" _______________
| | ; ," ,-" _.-"
| ; ; ," ,-" _.-"
| | ; ," ,-" _.-" __..--'"
| ; ; ," ,-" _.-" __..--'"
| | ; ," ,-" .-" __..--'" _______________
Here are some people's favourite linestyles :
3/1 2/1 1/1 2/3 1/2
| | / / .' .'
| | | / / .'
| / / / .' .' 1/3
| | | / / .' .-'
| | / / .' .' .-'
| / | / / .' .-' 1/4
| | / / .' .' .-' _.-'
| | | / / .' .-' _.-' 1/5
| / / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--'
| | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' 1/6
| | / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' 1/7
| | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--'
_.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' 1/8
_.--' __.--' __..--' __..--''
__.--' __..--' __..--''
__..--' __..--''
__..--''
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