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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 05/05/07 17:45
In article <uhi493welk4$.1qv6xkq86zds6$.dlg@40tude.net>,
Jay G. <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote:
>On 30 Apr 2007 14:34:07 GMT, BlueBuyYoo wrote:
>
>> 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]:
>>>>
>>>> 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. Im 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
I have a favorite piece of 'ascii art' [if you could call it that]
which I use sparingly for those who can't seem to see humor
in some of my posts.
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