Star Micronics NX-1020 Assigning the character data

Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the
character.
Being able to specify the width of the character allows you to specify the
precise area inside the grid that the character will occupy, so that narrow
characters will look attractive next to wide ones.
Acceptable values for the left space are 0 to 7, and the last print column are
from4 to 11.
Our character will occupy from column 1 to column 11, so the left space is
0 and the character width data is 11.
Assigning the character data
Now, we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots, and
enter them underneath the grid. For example, looking at Figure 5-3, we see
that in theleft-most column there are five dots, and they are sitting in the “64”
box, “32”box, “16”box, “8”box, and “4”box. Thus its vertical value is 124.
In the next column, there is no dot straddling the vertical line; its value is
recorded as 0.
ml 1713 m5 m7 m9 m/I
m2 m4 m6 mNm10
ASCII Code:
Descender: I
Left space: 0
Last column: ?I
mU = Descender x I28
+ (Left x 16)
+ Last
1.74 66 64 76 76 0
0 4 36 2 7.2
I
Figure 5-3. Add the values of the dots in each column and write the sum of each column at the bottom
You will see the letters ml, m2, m3, etc., are above your values. When you
define the character, you will substitute your value for each of these letters.
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