Re: oval shape

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 02:19:55 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.ascii-art
Organization Some absurd concept
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In alt.ascii-art, Daniel  <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm conceptualizing a finger presence and considering a look for the
> main query.
> 
> For standard 80 column output and with minimal scrolling, would it be
> conceivable to create what appears to be a picture frame with an oval
> window?

Yes. This is machine assisted. I drew an oval in Gnu Imp, converted it
to a gray scale pgm, used my pgmtoascii tool to ascii-fy it, touched
up the curves, added a striped wall paper, and put a nice (figlet
generated) placeholder in.


....v....1....v....2....v....3....v....4....v....5....v....6....v....7....v....8
 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ,xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx, / / / / / / / / / / / / / 
/ / / / / / / / / / /+mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+/ / / / / / / / / /
 / / / / / / / /zYCMWWWMCUYmx'                   'xmYUCMWWWMCYz/ / / / / / / / 
/ / / / / / zUOWWMCUm'                                   'mUCMWWOUz / / / / / /
 / / / / zUWWWCX;                                             ;XCWWWUz / / / / 
/ / / .YMWMUx                                                     xUMWMY. / / /
 / / YWWOm                                                           mOWWY / / 
/ /+MWOx                                                               xOWM+/ /
 /xWWX    __         _           _          _                     __     XWWx/ 
/.MWx    | _|  _ __ | |__   ___ | |_ ___   | |__   ___ _ __ ___  |_ |     xWM./
 YWz     | |  | '_ \| '_ \ / _ \| __/ _ \  | '_ \ / _ \ '__/ _ \  | |      zWY 
/UO      | |  | |_) | | | | (_) | || (_) | | | | |  __/ | |  __/  | |       OU/
 UO      | |  | .__/|_| |_|\___/ \__\___/  |_| |_|\___|_|  \___|  | |       OU 
/YWz     |__| |_|                                                |__|      zWY/
 `MWx                                                                     xWM' 
/ xWWX                                                                   XWWx /
 / +MWOx                                                               xOWM+ / 
/ / /YWWOm                                                           mOWWY/ / /
 / / /`YMWMUx                                                     xUMWMY'/ / / 
/ / / / /zUWWWCX;                                             ;XCWWWUz/ / / / /
 / / / / / /zUOWWMCUm,                                   ,mUCMWWOUz/ / / / / / 
/ / / / / / / / zYCMWWWMCUYmx,                   ,xmYUCMWWWMCYz / / / / / / / /
 / / / / / / / / / / +mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+ / / / / / / / / / 
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /`xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx'/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Elijah
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