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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BUAF</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="BSOD.html" title="BSOD"/><link rel="next" href="BUAG.html" title="BUAG"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BUAF</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BSOD.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BUAG.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BUAF"/><dt xmlns="" id="BUAF"><b>BUAF</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [abbreviation, from <tt class="systemitem">alt.fan.warlord</tt>] Big Ugly ASCII Font —
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a special form of <a href="../A/ASCII-art.html"><i class="glossterm">ASCII art</i></a>. Various programs exist
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for rendering text strings into block, bloob, and pseudo-script fonts in
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cells between four and six character cells on a side; this is smaller than
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the letters generated by older <a href="banner.html"><i class="glossterm">banner</i></a> (sense 2)
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programs. These are sometimes used to render one's name in a
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<a href="../S/sig-block.html"><i class="glossterm">sig block</i></a>, and are critically referred to as
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<span class="firstterm">BUAF</span>s. See
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<a href="../W/warlording.html"><i class="glossterm">warlording</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="BSOD.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BUAG.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">BSOD </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BUAG</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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