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three attributebytes, the first byte describesthe character’sleft space,the secondbytedescribesthe characterwidth.And the thirdbytedescribestic rightspace.Appropriateallocationof datain thesethreebytesletsyouplace the characterwhere you like withinthe grid.

Usethe gridin Figure5-4 to helpplotthe data.Theverticaldefinitionof the characteris 18 dots. Each byte thereforerepresentsa third of the vertical definition.That’swherethenumbersdowntheleft sideof thegrid comein. Noticethat there is a numberfor each row of dots and that each numberis twicethenumberbelowit. Bymakingthesenumbersof twowecantakeany combinationof dots in a verticalcolumnand assignthem a uniquevalue.

If weplotourcar-shapedsymbolforNLQ,thegriddatawilllooklikeFigure 5-5. Thedefiningprocessisthesameasfordraftcharacters,exceptthatyoumust selectNLQ mode, and you must define 69 data. If you wish to print your NLQ character withthe regularcharacterset,the remarksregardingthe si- multaneoususe of regularand downloadcharactersin the draft character sectionapplyequallyto NLQ characters.

128							ASCII Code	6?
64
32							Left space:
16	●1			:	.:	;	Character width:	z;
8		!	●				Right space:	o
4	i		● I I ,		I		I
2	& -—		●			,0	I
1 ,0,			-~ . . 1.-1!			]0

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Figure 5-5.Add the values of the dots into three bytes