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GG- In ASCII
The GG Emoticon & other recent images reminded me of a Mac
shareware program called ASCII Art Converter that I've had
kicking around for a while but never actually tried. Here's
how it interprets a familiar photo of GG, from the
nineteen-fifties or so:
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| __ |
| __| ~)(. __"M(. |
| ."M"M.)"M"M"M"M"M"M, |
| ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M |
| ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M| |
| |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M |
| |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M^~"M"M |
| "M"M(^"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M| '"M| |
| |"M"M` "M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M| (. |
| |~).)"M"M(^~)"M"M"M"M"M |
| "M"M"M"M(. '(^^~ , |
| "M"M"M"M"M| | || |
| "M"M"M"M"M____.)(^` || | |
| |"M"M"M.)(^"M"M"M .)| | |
| '"M"M"M~), |^~"M, ' ."M"M(..)"M |
| '^~^~` ' '(. '"M"M(^"M"M"M |
| ."M.)(.__ (^ "M"M(^ |
| ` ~)"M"M"M` "M"M"M |
| ^~ "M"M"M |
| ~)"M"M |
| |"M"M |
|(. |"M(^ |
|"M"M"M__"M"M"M(. "M"M"M"M |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M ~)"M(^` |^~"M__|
|"M"M"M"M"M^~` ' ^~` '|
|"M"M"M"M"M, . |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M __ '(. , ^~|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M(. "M, | __, ., |
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M, ^~^~ ~)"M| ` "M(.|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M(. ', ~).)"M"M(."M"M"M"M____ '"M"M|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M| ."M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M|
|"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M |"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M"M(. _|
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Some distance helps, but it's a pretty cool effect, like screening
a photograph. A non-proportional font, like Monaco or Geneva, set
at nine point or less is recommended.
regards, Josh Randall
smtp://joshr@glyff.com
http://world.std.com/~joshr/
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