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   Eli the Bearded to me@sc1f1dan.com   
   Re: oval shape   
   12 Dec 25 02:19:55   
   
   From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In alt.ascii-art, Daniel   wrote:   
   > I'm conceptualizing a finger presence and considering a look for the   
   > main query.   
   >   
   > For standard 80 column output and with minimal scrolling, would it be   
   > conceivable to create what appears to be a picture frame with an oval   
   > window?   
      
   Yes. This is machine assisted. I drew an oval in Gnu Imp, converted it   
   to a gray scale pgm, used my pgmtoascii tool to ascii-fy it, touched   
   up the curves, added a striped wall paper, and put a nice (figlet   
   generated) placeholder in.   
      
      
   ....v....1....v....2....v....3....v....4....v....5....v....6....   
   ....7....v....8   
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ,xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx, / / / / / / / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / / / /+mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+/ / / / / / / / / /   
    / / / / / / / /zYCMWWWMCUYmx'                   'xmYUCMWWWMCYz/ / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / zUOWWMCUm'                                   'mUCMWWOUz / / / / / /   
    / / / / zUWWWCX;                                             ;XCWWWUz / / / /   
   / / / .YMWMUx                                                     xUMWMY. / / /   
    / / YWWOm                                                           mOWWY / /   
   / /+MWOx                                                               xOWM+/ /   
    /xWWX    __         _           _          _                     __     XWWx/   
   /.MWx    | _|  _ __ | |__   ___ | |_ ___   | |__   ___ _ __ ___  |_ |     xWM./   
    YWz     | |  | '_ \| '_ \ / _ \| __/ _ \  | '_ \ / _ \ '__/ _ \  | |      zWY   
   /UO      | |  | |_) | | | | (_) | || (_) | | | | |  __/ | |  __/  | |       OU/   
    UO      | |  | .__/|_| |_|\___/ \__\___/  |_| |_|\___|_|  \___|  | |       OU   
   /YWz     |__| |_|                                                |__|      zWY/   
    `MWx                                                                     xWM'   
   / xWWX                                                                   XWWx /   
    / +MWOx                                                               xOWM+ /   
   / / /YWWOm                                                           mOWWY/ / /   
    / / /`YMWMUx                                                     xUMWMY'/ / /   
   / / / / /zUWWWCX;                                             ;XCWWWUz/ / / / /   
    / / / / / /zUOWWMCUm,                                   ,mUCMWWOUz/ / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / zYCMWWWMCUYmx,                   ,xmYUCMWWWMCYz / / / / / / / /   
    / / / / / / / / / / +mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+ / / / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /`xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx'/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /   
      
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