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Posted by Jay G. on 04/30/07 15:17
On 30 Apr 2007 14:34:07 GMT, BlueBuyYoo wrote:
> In <slrnf3bu2i.3ok.nospam@debian.dns2go.com> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> writes:
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>>SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGalaxy.org wrote on [Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:51:02 -0700]:
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>>> 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.
Both Justin and BlueBuyYoo are correct. A proportional font is what he has
now, and is the exact opposite of what he needs to view ASCII art.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/proportional_font.html
And it is incredibly bad form to have a signature so massively large,
especially when the sig is larger than the actual message.
http://geeketiquette.infotrope.net/archives/2005/03/16/the-bottom-line/
"Used to be the rule was 4 lines of 72 columns, delimited by two hyphens, a
space, and a newline. Easy peasy. I’m old-school enough that I still do
that, but not everyone does."
http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html
"Remember that while an ASCII graphic or witty saying may be cool the first
time, it's going to be boring by the time someone sees it five times, and
if it's large enough to attract the eye, will get annoying very quickly."
-Jay
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