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RFC 8140
The Arte of ASCII: Or, An True and Accurate Representation of an Menagerie of Thynges Fabulous and Wonderful in Ye Forme of Character,April 1 2017
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- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Author:
- A. Farrel
- Stream:
- INDEPENDENT
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8140
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Abstract
Ever since Gutenberg discovered and patented ASCII and thecorresponding "Courier New" font with its now-famous "ten" pointsize, artisans and artificers have striven to represent their viewsof the world in print.
Similarly, starting from Darwin's discovery of the hippogriff and hissubsequent registration of the creature as an International TradeMark, men (and some women) have struggled to catalog the fabulousvariety that is called "nature".
This document supplies a number of representations of all manner ofthings (both elemental and hypothetical) supplied by some of our bestcollectors of curios and delivered in a manner that may well bereused by the cunning document author.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.