Re: [FAQ] ASCII Art - answers to frequently asked questions

In alt.ascii-art, Anonymous  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >     A good way to begin drawing is to      \`"-.
> >     type a row of spaces for however        )  _`-.
> >     wide you want your picture, and        ,  : `. \
> >     then copy this row and paste it        : _   '  \
> >     for however many rows high you         ; *` _.   `--._
> >     think the picture will get.            `-.-'          `-.
> >     Turn Overtype on and place the           |       `       `.
> >     cursor  somewhere in the middle          :.       .        \
> >     and begin drawing. This can save         | \  .   :   .-'   .
> >     using  Delete, Backspace, Enter          :  )-.;  ;  /      :
> >     and Space-bar keystrokes.                :  ;  | :  :       ;-.
> >     Saving this empty  `canvas' as a         ; /   : |`-:     _ `- )
> >     read-only file for future use can     ,-' /  ,-' ; .-`- .' `--'
> >     save you even more time later.        `--'   `---' `---' bug
> > 
> Nice.


Very similar to how I drew this:

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 ,mmm.   ,nn.    ,mmm.       ,mmm.   ,nn.    ,mmm.       ,mmm.   ,nn.    ,mmm.
<NF'?Nm, ?>TMbm, NP`?N>     <NF'?Nm, ?>TMbm, NP`?N>     <NF'?Nm, ?>TMbm, NP`?N
 YT `"7Nb ' `YNh,'  TY       YT `"7Nb ' `YNh,'  TY       YT `"7Nb ' `YNh,'  TY
 "'.ch,"YF .m,"YP` 'N"       "'.ch,"YF .m,"YP` 'N"       "'.ch,"YF .m,"YP` 'N"
 ,dNT"  "'.dN' "T'.YT        ,dNT"  "'.dN' "T'.YT        ,dNT"  "'.dN' "T'.YT
dNT" .m: ,dN'.Q,`.cN"       dNT" .m: ,dN'.Q,`.cN"       dNT" .m: ,dN'.Q,`.cN"
N"   `TY. Y: `TYo "'.dT,   dN"   `TY. Y: `TYo "'.dT,   dN"   `TY. Y: `TYo "'.d
'  ,do `Y,  do `?Nb   `M. `F'  ,do `Y,  do `?Nb   `M. `F'  ,do `Y,  do `?Nb
  oNT'  `TbdT'   `T' ,. "bo.  oNT'  `TbdT'   `T' ,. "bo.  oNT'  `TbdT'   `T' ,
,dY'               ,dNF . ` ,dY'               ,dNF . ` ,dY'               ,dN
'T ,b.  ,dPYb.   ,dP"  'bo. 'T ,b.  ,dPYb.   ,dP"  'bo. 'T ,b.  ,dPYb.   ,dP"
.  `Y" .d'  Yo ,dNP  .o. `?h.  `Y" .d'  Yo ,dNP  .o. `?h.  `Y" .d'  Yo ,dNP  .
No   ,dP' d, ,db' ,.`TF'   ?No   ,dP' d, ,db' ,.`TF'   ?No   ,dP' d, ,db' ,.`T
?Nb, '": `?N,'T'  "N, `     ?Nb, '": `?N,'T'  "N, `     ?Nb, '": `?N,'T'  "N,
 `?Nb,  o.`?N, .d.`db        `?Nb,  o.`?N, .d.`db        `?Nb,  o.`?N, .d.`db
 o.`"Y'.db `"'.db. ,eo       o.`"Y'.db `"'.db. ,eo       o.`"Y'.db `"'.db. ,eo
.N'  ndNP , .dNP' . lb      .N'  ndNP , .dNP' . lb      .N'  ndNP , .dNP' . lb
<Nb,dN"'.dbdMP"'.Nb.iN>     <Nb,dN"'.dbdMP"'.Nb.iN>     <Nb,dN"'.dbdMP"'.Nb.iN
 `"""'   `~~'    `"""'       `"""'   `~~'    `"""'       `"""'   `~~'    `"""'
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I drew the original knotwork on paper, taped the paper to the monitor,
and with a suitable size font and brightness drew under the paper to
match the the shape. I cleaded up some of the curves a bit without the
paper and tweaked it to be easily repeating (27 column wide unit).

First posted here 14 March 1996.

Some years (probably 2001) later I reused that method for this:

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                          |   `|              __,---'"   ..- ./
                          ||   |      _.--=/'',--=-,,  -    ,/
                          `|   \,/'''`\,     /'   >  \     /'
                           | ,/'  `. .  `\ ,/'   / \  \   /'
                   ___,----Y-'      Y     7'   .'.' `\ \ /'
               _-/''        `\.     .   ,/'    /.'    `\\
           _,-''          ---  \    `  /'    ./.'   __-' "
        _/''     .--            `\    /'     /,'_--'
     ,/''  ..                     `"\_     ./ /='etb
 .,/'                             .--"\    / /
<------------------,_____      ,/~'  \ | ./ .'
                        `"""""""      `|_/\ /
                                        '  '

Elijah
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does have a habit of cleaning up trailing whitespace when doing that