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Photocopy the grid in Figure 9-1 to help design yournew characters. We will
use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example.
F 9 t g s d yourowncharacters.
Assigning the character data
Now, we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots, and
enterthem underneath the grid. Each verticalcolumn (which has amaximum
of 24 dots) is first divided into three groups (or two groups for super/
subscripts)ofeightdots.Each group of eight dots isrepresented by onebyte,
which consists of eight bits.
This is where the numbers down the left sideof the grid come in. Notice that
there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the
number below it. making these numbers powers of two we can take any
combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value.
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