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> The ASCII art diagram is the only format that can be integrated flawlessly into any email or documentation. Certain email viewers like to ... "re-format" eve
by pritambaral 8y ago
> The ASCII art diagram is the only format that can be integrated flawlessly into any email or documentation.
Certain email viewers like to ... "re-format" even fixed-width plain text and thus mis-render even ASCII art (looking at you, Outlook). Of course, every time I've received such reports, I've been able to brush the problem aside by simply asking people to use a different email viewer, or view the docs in a browser proper.
- user5994461 8y agoI use Outlook all the time. Format the text with Courier New to have fixed width.
- pritambaral 8y ago> Format the text with Courier New to have fixed width. This succinctly captures a common problem with the MS ecosystem of products, from ages ago: the belief that "everybody uses MS". Yes, Courier New may be a fixed-width font, but I don't want to force the recipients of my emails to have Courier New, nor do I want the content I'm writing to show up in Courier New and Courier New alone, on someone else's computer. I want it to show in whatever font they have set as their monospace font. Same goes for when I view my own mails on my own computer.