# Argent Towers' sig graphic **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 17, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611 "2007-02-17T14:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/1 "2007-02-17T14:02:38Z")
Can someone let me in on the secret? How does **Argent Towers** achieve [this affect](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8264128&postcount=40) in his sig? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/2 "2007-02-17T14:09:20Z")
I figure it’s a symbol in some font, but I don’t know what. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/3 "2007-02-17T14:11:23Z")
```auto ▀▀▀▀ ``` The blocks are made from two ASCII character 9600s (they render even in the code tags, but are written “ampersand hash 9600 semicolon”). Rinse and repeat. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/4 "2007-02-17T14:13:00Z")
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/5 "2007-02-17T15:28:31Z")
▀ Gotcha thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/6 "2007-02-17T15:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ [/QUOTE] Wow, that looks totally gay. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) 😃 (The rainbow flag or rainbow rectangles like that are a symbol of “gay” or “gay friendly” people or businesses - around here, at least.) ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/7 "2007-02-17T18:07:10Z")
Some people use other graphics in their sigs. Look around the end of the various fonts for pictures. E.g., try [\*\*\*\*\*\*font=symbol]§©ª¨[/font] §©ª¨ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/8 "2007-02-17T19:00:20Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] (The rainbow flag or rainbow rectangles like that are a symbol of “gay” or “gay friendly” people or businesses - around here, at least.) [/QUOTE] Here it’s most commonly seen on “PACE” (Italian for “peace” - anti Iraq war) flags. That said, of late a lot of gay pub signs have the rainbow too. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/9 "2007-02-17T19:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Wow, that looks totally gay. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) 😃 (The rainbow flag or rainbow rectangles like that are a symbol of “gay” or “gay friendly” people or businesses - around here, at least.) [/QUOTE] The gay flag only has six colors though. You’d have to drop the indigo to be totally gay. 😉 **jjimm’s** is just a rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/10 "2007-02-17T20:03:14Z")
Just thought this would be the appropriate thread to figure out how this signature thing works… ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/11 "2007-02-17T20:21:57Z")
And this thread just reminds me of why I have sigs turned off. Thanks guys 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/12 "2007-02-17T23:26:49Z")
**olivesmarch4th** , your sig would make The Grapist proud. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/13 "2007-02-18T02:32:29Z")
Why do British peaceniks protest in Italian? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/14 "2007-02-18T09:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Why do British peaceniks protest in Italian? [/QUOTE] I’ve no idea. Perhaps they’re Italians abroad - the PACE flag is immensely popular in Italy - or maybe they’ve just caught on over here. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/15 "2007-02-18T18:31:55Z")
We have PACE flags here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/16 "2007-02-18T19:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Why do British peaceniks protest in Italian? [/QUOTE] Isn’t PACE Latin? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/17 "2007-02-18T19:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Isn’t PACE Latin? [/QUOTE] It is, as well being Italian - as you know, Latin came from Italy, and many Latin words have survived into modern Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/18 "2007-02-18T19:57:46Z")
There’s a rainbow PACE flag in the window of a building near where I work. I kinda always thought it was something having to do with a gay rights organization at the nearby Pace University. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/19 "2007-02-18T20:25:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn’t PACE Latin? It’s a Latin root, but I don’t think that it’s the complete word in any case. The two most commonly-encountered forms, the nominative and accusative, are “pax” and “pacem”, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611/20 "2007-02-18T20:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] The gay flag only has six colors though. You’d have to drop the indigo to be totally gay. 😉 **jjimm’s** is just a rainbow. [/QUOTE] Actually, the original flag as designed by Gil Baker had **8 stripes** ; it included hot pink and turquoise in the design. When it began to be mass produced, it was dropped to the 6 color version that is common today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argent-towers-sig-graphic/392611.md?page=2)