It is the picture which was drawn up combining letter such as sign. Because you can write to also the bulletin board systemand the like which does not havethe function which publishes the picture, old with personal computer communication, recently bull anony mousetin board and in signature(?????)and the likeof E-mail it is widely used."ASCII "(ASCII) at one of the character code system which defines alphabet, the numberand the signetc. of part,generally known half angleletter almost synonymy. At one time, true to its name it was drawn with the letter of the range where the

ASCII cord/code it defines, but presently also indian and the Greek letter, ??? letter and the generally known full size

letter which includesmanysigns are used.At one time,letter indication of the personal computerand the like as seenwith thing and the various types and the

environment whicharethe width font center, from the consideration which is said,and so on the type whichdoes not usetype dependenceletter with the width font was main current. Recently, the enormous anonymous bulletin board"2 don't you think? the ASCII art culture which centers the ? " spreads, don't you think? 2 adjusting to the display format of the ?,with only 12

points "of the MSPGothic" font of Windows those which cannot be indicated just have become the majority. In the proportional

font where the letter width the MS P Gothic wayis not uniform,letter width differs depending upon the font and becausewith

size letter width changes delicately even with the same font, if does not indicate withthe completelysame environment, it

deteriorates. ... The continuation is read

Don't you think? 2 in the bulletin board which begins the ?, also culture such as the repeated cultivation ASCII art which

develops the story combining the original character and the character has advanced. Portion of the writer unknown original

character like the emblem of these bulletin boards has gained popularity in the user partly due to the fact that it is

handled. Also the trouble that occurs recently, the enterprise which has an eye on such popularity character appears to CM

and sale and promotion, tries the trade mark register as a character of the self, receives the terrific repulsion of the

bulletin board user and withdraws.