Just Checking ok.

[Guest]

I was just checking if the picture came out good.

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[soroban]

Hello, bismarck!

I was just checking if the picture came out good.

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Obviously, you don't know about the PREVIEW feature
. . where LOOK at your work <u>before</u> you post it.

You'll find that you can't trust the CODE mode.
It doesn't use equal spacing . . . it never EVER comes out the way it looks!

I found a method . . . but it's long and tedious . . .


I fill the space with periods alternated with spaces.

It looks like this:
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. . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . .        But looks like this
. . . . . . . . .          in code mode.
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Then I try to make my sketch, using the dots for guides:

. . . . A . . . .
. . . . * . . . .
. . . / . \ . . .
. . / . . . \ . .
. / . . . . . \ .
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B . . . . . . . C

Obviously, I do a lot of dot-counting!
. . (Note how lop-sided it looks.)

. . . . A . . . .
. . . . * . . . . 
. . . / . \ . . .          And click on PREVIEW
. . / . . . \ . .        to see what it looks like.
. / . . . . . \ .
* - - - - - - - *              Hey, not bad!
B . . . . . . . C

If I'm satisfied with it, I go back and remove the dots.
. . (Replace them with spaces.)

        A
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B               C

Is it worth all the work? .Well, I think so.
. .