Posted by dan on May 7, 2000 at 07:56:32:
In Reply to: A definitive answer posted by The Arcane(VIP) on May 6, 2000 at 22:01:02:
I'll just add to that by saying that you need to use a fixed width font (like Courier New) otherwise letters such as i and l can take up less space than capitals, etc.
> If you want to write your descs/notes/roles so that people don't want to kill you.
>
> Open up a blank text/wordpad/whatever document.
>
> Type in:
> 123456712345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
>
> You'll note that's 87 characters. Why 87?
>
> Because "desc + " is 7 characters.
>
> Now begin every line below with "role/note/desc + " and then write normally, making sure you don't go past the right boundary. Then just cut/paste into CF, and you're done.