Re: oval shape
Daniel <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:48:32 -0800
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes: > 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 > ------ > ["photo" here] Elijah - This is EXACTLY what I envisioned. Do you mind I use it for my finger presence? Thank you very much! I'd like to get my hands on that tool. Daniel sysop | air & wave bbs finger | [email protected]