ml m3 nd m7 m9 mll
nl~ “,4 m6 n,8~,]()
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
124 66 64 76 16 0
0 4 36 2 12
ASCII Code:
Descender:7
Left space:O
Lastcolumn: ?Z
m(l =Descenderx]28
+(bft X16)
+Last
FigureS3.Addthe valuesof the dote in each column and write the sum of each column at thebottom
Nextyou must choosewhether to makethe car symbol an ascenderor a
descender.Thisdetermineshowthe characteris seatedon theline:
Ascender: Cl:;::: Descender: ~.u~i’:
Wedecidedthatour carsymbolwillnotbe a“descender”,soafigure“l” is
writtennexttoDescenderonthe grid.Ifyour characterisadescender,write
a“O”nextto Descender.
Next, you must specifythe left space and the last print column of the
character.
Beingable to specifythe widthof the characterallows youto specify the
precisearea insidethe grid thatthe character willoccupy, sothat narrow
charactemwilllook attractivenextto wideones.
Acceptablevaluesfortheleft spaceareOto 7,and thelastprint columnare
from4to 11.
Ourcharacterwilloccupyfrom column1to column11,so thelefl spaceis
Oandthe characterwidthdata is 11.