User-Defined Symbol Set Examples

The following two examples illustrate the concept of user-defined symbol sets. They create symbol sets for PC-8 in MSL and Unicode symbol indexes. The necessary escape sequences are shown in each example.

Unicode Symbol Index Example

Symbol Map Data:

EC*c341R

PCL Symbol Set #IDs: 10U

EC(f526W

Symbol Set 526 bytes in length

00 12

 

Header Size 18 bytes

 

 

 

01 55

 

ID code 341 decimal: 10U

 

 

 

03

 

Format 3 (Unicode Symbol Index)

 

 

 

02

 

Font Type 2

 

 

 

00 01

 

First code = 1

 

 

 

00 fe

 

Last code = 254

 

 

 

00 00

00 00 c0 40 00 01

ASCII, Latin 1, and PC Characters

 

 

required

 

 

 

26 3a

(character code 1)

Open Happy Face

 

 

 

26 3b

(character code 2)

Solid Happy Face

 

 

 

26 65

(character code 3)

Solid Heart, Card Suit

 

 

 

26 40

(character code 4)

Solid Diamond, Card Suit

 

 

 

26 63

(character code 5)

Solid Spade, Card Suit

 

 

 

￿

 

￿

 

 

25 bc (character code 31

Down Solid Arrowhead

 

 

ff ff (character code 32)

Space Code (no character)

 

 

 

00 21

(character code 33)

Exclamation Mark

 

 

 

￿

 

￿

 

 

 

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