[rescue] Styled Text [was: Solaris 9, First thoughts ]

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:44:05PM -0500, s at avoidant.org wrote:
> Brian Hechinger wrote:
> 
> If I knew what it looked like,
> maybe I could recreate it. If
> you describe it, I'll have a
> go. But try as I might, I'm
> unable to visualize a text
> river. Was it perhaps all
> wavy, flowing from right
> to left across the page
> Mississippi-style? Was
> there some meandering
> back up the page? It
> would be easy to do
> if I could imagine
> it, but I haven't
> a clue. Trust me
> on this one, if
> you can, OK? I
> have an idea,
> and if I can
> pull it off
> it'll look
> good, and
> scan OK.
> When I
> think
> this
> one
> is
> a
> go
> and
> I am
> ready
> to let
> you see
> it, I'll
> send. Not
> yet, I can
> still align
> the top with
> the bottom. I
> think it'll be
> easier to do it
> this way than to
> end on a singular
> dot like I planned
> last night. Also, I
> have a drained glass
> of Guinness that I've
> told myself I won't be
> refilling until this is
> done, so I have a little
> bit of an incentive. If I
> had Dave's joint desk here
> though, this would be a bit
> too easy. As it is, it's not
> much of a challenge any more,
> so I think I'll call it quits.
> 
> 
> 
> > i saved your work and took out the word wraps.  it was glorious.  you have a
> > gift you know. :)
> 
> 
> A dubious one at best. If you can think of a way to make money at it,
> I'll happily pay you a commission.

Hmm.  Make it poetic (it already has a certain poetic flow to it, but perhaps
needs more oomph), have it engraved in a small bronze plate, and sell at
shows?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd