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A nice tip for getting ASCII art to display in OneNote

  • Artikkeli

I stumbled across a nice tip from Jason Mick about getting ASCII art to display in OneNote over on his blog.  This has always been a fun way to get an image to show on a screen - and yes, I remember seeing typewriter art like this.

Anyway, I thought it might be fun to give you a sample document that needs to use Jason's tip to display as art in OneNote.  You can download the page using the link below my name at the end of this article.  I used the Wingdings font to make it harder to see what the final image will be.

Copy the file to your hard drive and open it.  (Hint: if you drop it into a folder that holds a notebook it will show as a section).  Then use CTRL+A to select all the text (Bonus hint: you can type CTRL+A twice to select it all.  The first time selects the current line [technically, "outline element"] you are in and the second selects the entire outline).  Then use Jason's tip to alter the font - pretty neat, right?  Thanks Jason!

You can search the internet to find many examples of ASCII art, or even create your own.  Have fun!

Questions, comments, concerns and criticisms always welcome,
John

art.one

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    What's Jason's tip???? I downloaded  the file and did how you said. I changed the font to Ariel, and found an typewriter art. Did I get you completely or am I missing something still...
  • Arun Kumar Allu

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    You need to change the font to a fixed width font like Courier.  Try that.  The key is that old typerwriters moved across the page at a set width for each letter, so an i took as much space as an m.  Nowadays, most fonts only use the width needed on GUI displays so you lose the fixed nature of the older artwork.

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    Wow John, This Onenote art looks beautiful. I am gonna send it to my frnds tomorrow. Thanks :-)

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    Do you have a link to Jason's blog? Would love to see what other tips he has to share.

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2012
    Honestly though anybody that knows what ASCII art is already knows that you need to use a monospaced font to display it. Not much of a tip really.