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|    How to format / upload ANSI art directly    |
|    28 Sep 25 10:01:10    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 54981.sync@1:103/705 2d3fc51b       PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/869dac47e Sep 15 2025 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.29-Linux master/f189dc3fc Sep 27 2025 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: FUTURELD       CHRS: CP437 2       FORMAT: flowed       NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor master/869dac47e       So I've seen messages usually on advertisement type subs that have embedded       Cp437 style art with color, call it ANSI art if it fits - I'm not 100% certain       it meets the criteria as I'm beyond a 1:1 create ansi:upload ansi, trying       preprocessing, making dead simple ones, etc. all coming out wonky.              I have been uploading the files into the message boards using ZModem in the       editor. I've got a pre-processing script to add some crlf at the end of lines       to wrap and strip sauce and when I open those files in an editor they look ok.       Adding line feeds does seem to maybe improve things, instead of seeing: "Added       5 lines", I'm seeing "added 37 lines" (size of ansi) after upload. There's       less over lap.               I'll cut myself short as I realize there's not that much value in saying all       the things I've tried at this point as there's probably someone who has a       technique for how to make ANSI messages that look good when browsing forums.        Maybe it's how I'm drawing the art, processing it, exporting it or uploading       it, I don't know. Any veteran advice appreciated.              Cheers              ---        þ Synchronet þ \1g telnet://\1n\1!Gfutureland.today \1c https:/       \1n\1!Cblockbra.in\1n        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 17 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 129/14 153/7715 154/110 218/0 1 215 601 610 700 840 860 880       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 317 400 426 428 470 700 705 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 291/111 301/1 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848 902/26 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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