XPost: uk.adverts.computer, uk.radio.amateur, uk.tech.digital-tv   
   XPost: uk.telecom   
   From: allsortsnotthisbit@howhill.com   
      
   On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:52:55 +0000 (GMT), Russell Hafter News wrote:   
      
   >> First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work   
   >> on other's newsreaders.   
   >   
   > I assumed that all newsreaders offered a choice of font - or   
   > is that just Pluto?   
      
   Most GUI readers do, but even then there is no gurantee that the   
   vertical alignment will be corect.   
      
   Mr Plowman ommitted the word "pitch" between fixed and font. It is   
   the width of each character that needs to be the same for the entire   
   font, so a W is just as wide as an i. It doesn't matter what it looks   
   like, only that the charcters are all the same width.   
      
   --   
   Cheers   
   Dave.   
      
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