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buaf |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: BUAF // n. [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font -- a special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs exist for rendering text strings into block, bloob, and pseudo-script fonts in cells between four and six character cells on a side this is smaller than the letters generated by older {banner} (sense 2) programs. These are sometimes used to render one's name in a {sig block}, and are critically referred to as `BUAF's. See {warlording}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: BUAF [alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Font. A special form of {ASCII art}. Various programs exist for rendering text strings into block, {bloob}, and pseudo-script fonts in cells between four and six character cells on a side this is smaller than the letters generated by older {banner} programs. These are sometimes used to render one's name in a {sig block}, and are critically referred to as "BUAF"s. See {warlording}. [{Jargon File}]
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