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From: gt7991c@prism.gatech.edu (S.Manay)
Subject: Talk: ASCII Art in Windows
Date: 1995/11/11
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In article <4756cn$37f@miso.wwa.com>,
Donald Sarvas <dsarvas@crash.cts.com> wrote:
>
>I created a signature line (as ASCII art) that looks fine when typed up in 
>DOS or read in Windows using a Courier font.  But if I send it to someone 
>who uses Windows to read their mail, if their Windows application defaults 
>to any other font, everything is scrambled.  Is there some way I can 
>create or send ASCII art so anyone, regardless of their default font in 
>Windows, can read it without having to find the right font to do so?  
>I've also tried sending email from Windows where the signature looks fine 
>at my end, but the recipient can't read it. 
>

The problem is simply that some fonts are made with each and every
character the exact same width, and some... er, most aren't  To my
knowledge there is no way for you to compensate for all the differnt
possibilities on your end.  Each person you mail to would have to use a
font like courier....

Sorry, but I just don't think there is a solution.

-Sid

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