Figure 5-2 shows two of the character matrixes with the dots used to print the letter H. All of the SQ-2000’s characters are stored in the same manner.

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Figure 5-2. Character grids

Defining Your Own Characters

With the knowledge of how the SQ-2000 stores and prints characters, you are ready to define your own.

The first step in defining characters is to lay out the dots on a grid just as you want them to print. (The grids are exactly the same as those Epson has used to define the standard character sets.) In Figure 5-3 you can see a user-defined character, a modem capital A.

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