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To make the character data easier to calculate, put the first pass dots inside the boxes on the grid when you are designing your characters, and the second pass dots on the lines. Remember that adjacent dots may not overlap on the same pass; in other words, if one dot is in a box, its adjacent dot on the same pass’ may not be on a line. Therefore, to make smooth characters, put the dots needed to overlap any spaces in a character in the appropriate places in the second pass grid.

If we replot our flask for NLQ, the grid data will look like Figure 7-7.

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	ASCII Code: A @
16	Descender: ~
16
8 1	Left space:
4	Right space:
4
2	MO = Descender	* 128
	+ (Left * 16) +	Right
2
1
,t1

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Figure 7-7.Add the valuesof the dots in the boxesfirst, and then add the valueson the lines.

The defining process is the same as for draft characters, ex- cept that you must select NLQ characters by using (ESC) “x” 1 first to select the NLQ mode, and you must define 46 data (ml to nz46). If you wish to print your NLQ characters with the standard character set, the remarks regarding the simultaneous use of standard and download characters in the draft character section apply equally to NLQ characters.