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Posted by BlueBuyYoo on 04/30/07 14:34
In <slrnf3bu2i.3ok.nospam@debian.dns2go.com> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> writes:
>SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGalaxy.org wrote on [Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:51:02 -0700]:
>> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:26:21 -0400, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>>
>>>
>>>Richard's using Outlook Express, probably viewing the messages in Times New
>>>Roman font, which doesn't preserve the "equal spacing for each character"
>>>rule that's needed for ASCII art. It probably does look like just a bunch
>>>of gibberish to him, forming no coherent image.
>>>
>>>Richard, if you copy the text in question and paste it to notepad, you'll
>>>see what Justin was intending.
>>
>> Even Notepad allows the wrong font to be used. All he needs is what is
>> called a "proportional font" and most REAL Usenet folks use one, because
>> that is and has been traditional for decades.
>Actually, he needs a fixed-width font. Which is was REAL usenet folk
>use.
Actually, it is considered bad form to have a .sig more than 4 lines.
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