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Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the
character.
Beingableto specifythe widthof the characterallowsyouto specifythe
precisearea insidethe grid that the characterwilloccupy,so that narrow
charactemwilllookattractivenextto wideones.
AcceptablevaluesfortheleftspaceareOto7, andthelastprintcolumnare
from4 to 11.
Ourcharacterwilloccupyfromcolumn1to column11,sotheleft spaceis
Oand thecharacterwidthdatais 11.
Assigningthe characterdata
Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsofdots,and
enterthemunderneaththegrid.Forexample,lookingatFigure5-3, wesec
thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyaresittinginthe“64”
box,“32’’box,“16”box,“8”box,and“4”box.Thusitsverticalvalueis 124.
In thenextcolumn,thereis no dot straddlingtheverticalline;its valueis
recordedasO.
ASCIIcode:
Descender:7
Last column: 77
rrI() =
Descenderx Izx
+ (Left x 16)
+ Last
724 66 64 76 76 0
0 4 36 2 72
Figure 5-3. Add the values of the dots in each column andwrite the sum of each column at the bottom
Youwillseethelettersml, m2,m3,etc., areaboveyourvalues.Whenyou
definethecharacter,youwillsubstituteyourvalueforeachoftheseletters.
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