Posted by SuperM on 05/02/07 07:44

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:16:16 -0500, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> Gave
us:

>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.


Yes... my mental dyslexia kicked in there.

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