mlndm5m7 m9mll
m2 m4 m6 m~ ml(l
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
I
124 66 64 76 76 0
0 4 36 2 72
ASCII Code:
Descender: ?
Left space: O
Lastcolumn: 17
mO =Descender x 128
+(Left x16)
+Last
Figure5-3. Add the values of the dots in eacA column and write the sum of eaeh column at the bottom
Nextyou mustchoose whetherto makethe car symbolan ascender ora
descender.Thisdetermineshowthe characterisseatedon the line:
Ascender:!j;I>~Ii’ Descender:CI~,,l:~:
Wedecidedthatour carsymbolwillnotbea“descender”,soafigure “l”is
writtennexttoDescenderonthe grid.Ifyourcharacterisadescender,write
a“O”nextto Descender.
Next, you must specifythe left space and the last print column of the
character.
Beingable tospecifythe width ofthe characterallowsyou to specifythe
precisearea insidethegrid thatthe characterwill occupy,so thatnarrow
charactemwilllookattractivenext towideones.
Acceptablevaluesfortheleft spaceareOto7, andthelastprint columnare
from4to 11.
Ourcharacterwilloccupyfrom column1tocolumn 11,sotheleft spaceis
Oandthe characterwidthdatais 11.
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