OT Viewing ASCII Art

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At 1/1/2001 Monday 10:26 AM -0500, agarb@j... wrote:
> > BTW, is there some setting I can change on my Outlook Express so
> > that the ASCII char circuit dwgs line up properly, I can see the small
>'o's
> > in the circuit is a junction, right?
> >
> > Mark
>
>I don't use Outlook, so I don't know if you can do this or not. However,
>on my email program, the ASCII art appears OK if I change the font to
>Courier (not Courier New or some other fancy font). You need to use a
>font where all the characters are the same width.
>
>Aaron

Gents -

Said differently - don't use a proportional font for viewing ASCII art.
Any fixed pitch font (also called monospacing) will do fine. FWIW I use
Andale MONO font for viewing.

Regards,

Bruce Bates

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>Said differently - don't use a proportional font for viewing ASCII art.
>Any fixed pitch font (also called monospacing) will do fine. FWIW I use
>Andale MONO font for viewing.

Agreed. Better opt for plain ascii text in a monospace font.

Some people have their email set for HTML, maybe as a default from a
certain large company. The HTML option has several downsides for
email, like, attachments and business cards that most of us filter
right into the trash can, or recycling bin, depending...

Ascii art can be tagged in HTML to force a monospace font:
<TT>
20k
+

---

o---/\/\---LTC1298 input 1
|
|
=== ~100pf capacitor
|
-

---

o

---

common
</TT>

but we shouldn't be using HTML anyway.

-- Tracy