Small essay on oldschool ascii by Yce!tUs!A ÜÜ Ü² ÛÛ²Û Û²Û² ÛÛ²Ý ÞÛÛ² I really dont know whats the ideal oldschool ascii ²ÛÛ² Ü ²ÛÛ² the shapy one, the spiky one, or the one that u can ²ÛÛ²ÛßÛ²ÛÛ² actually read. Whatever the case might be here i leave ²ßß ßß² some of them for u to see. A ______ ______ _______ ______ ______ / . \ / _> / ___/ / > / - __> /___/___< /_______> \______> /______/ \_____/ Regular oldschool ascii B ______ ______ _______ ______ ______ >__ - / > / /___ / >_ / \ . / Straight Inversion /_____\ /______/ >______\ >_______/ <___/___/ C _______ _______ _______ ________ ______ \ . /_ \ < \ \ >_ /_ >__ - / Inverted with tweaks <___/___/ /_______> /______< /______/ /_____\ This ive just discovered, just by selecting and inverting a regular font the spiky effect apears. Obviously Not the same fonts appear "A" transfor into "R". And so on, tweaks are done on "B" to "I" and on most, I guess thats just a phase, but more can be done, "decomposing" may be the thing. :P Lets do some on the C line ________ _______ _______ ________ ________ \___. /____ \__ <___ \___ \___ >____ /____ >____ /__ Left Displace <___/___/ /_______> /______< /______/ /_____\ of the upper part. ________ _______ _______ ________ ______ __\ . _/ ___\ __< __\ __\ _> _/ _> - ___/ <___/___/ /_______> /______< /______/ /_____\ Right Displace Of the upper part _____ _____ ____ _____ ____ \ . ____ \ |____ \ |____ >_ |____ >__ |_____ Right Displace <___/ /_ /_____ < /___/ \ /___ /_ /___-- / Of the right |____/ |____> |____< |____/ |____\ part of each font. And some A lot more can be done here, i guess this is the part that determinates the style your ascii. Altho this is unreadable, its a cool shape to work out. Lets see what we can do. _________ ____ ____ _____ _____ \ . ____> |___\ |____>_ |___>__ |_____ <___/ /____i <___/ \/ - _/____-- / /____|____/ |____>__\___<__/|____/ |____\ [RXaRb] :P Still unrecognizable but then again, isnt that supossed to be good oldschool ascii?. I really dont know, because i havent done much of this style anyways. _________ ____ ____ _____ _____ \ . ____> |___\ |____>_ |___>__ |_____ Some tweaking <___/ /____i <___/ \/ - _/____-- / Added some base /___ | _/ | __>_ \ <__/| _/ | __\ /_____\ /_____\ /_____\ /____\ /_____\ _____ _____ _____ ______ _____ __\ .|____> /___\ /____>_ /_>_ |_____ Tweaking plus /__ ___/ /__ \ <___ \___\/ /____/ /___ Shaping Fonts /___ _/_ / __>_ \ <__ ___/_ \ _\__/ /_____\ /_____\ /______\ /____\ /_____\ t ù u ù s ù ! ù a [ U s u a l S u s p e c t s ] I apologize for the bad grammar and typos. Comments, etc, yce@liquidgravity.net