Running The Program; Design For Character - Epson LX-86TM User Manual

So that you can see how the program works, we'll present the
steps used to create the symbol for Mercury. First is the grid we
used to design the character.

Running the program

Now run the program. For each of the nine columns, the pro-
gram asks for the numbers of the rows in which you want dots to
appear. Enter the row numbers one at a time, pressing the
RETURN key after each one. When you have entered all the
numbers for a column or when you want no dots in a column, press
RETURN without a number. Remember that the vertical lines in
the grid are the even-numbered columns.
To see Program 1 produce the character in Figure 6-4 run the pro-
gram and follow these instructions: When the screen message asks
what rows have dots in column
that no dots go in that column. For column 2 (the vertical line), press
7, RETURN, 5, and RETURN again to indicate that you want dots
in rows 7 and 5. Then press RETURN alone to indicate that no more
dots go in column 2. For column 3 press 8, 6, 4, and 2, with a
RETURN after each of them. Then press RETURN to finish with
column 3 and go on to column 4.
For column 4 press RETURN only. (The rest of the directions
assume that you know to press RETURN after each number and
one extra time to end the entries for each column.) For column 5,
enter 6, 4, 3, 2, and
column 7 enter 8,6,4, and 2; for column 8 enter 7 and
column 9 press RETURN only.
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Figure 8-3. Design for character
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For column 6, press RETURN only; for
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