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Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the
character.
Being able to specifythe width of the characterallowsyou to specifythe
precise area insidethe grid that the characterwill occupy,so that narrow
charactemwill look attractivenext to wide ones.
Acceptablevaluesfor the left spaceare Oto 7, andthelast printcolumnare
from 4 to 11.
Our characterwill occupyfromcolumn1 to column 11,so the left spaceis
Oand the characterwidthdata is 11.
Assigningthe characterdata
Now,we calculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesof thecolumnsof dots,and
enterthemunderneaththe grid.For example,lookingat Figure5-3, we sec
thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyaresittingin the"64"
box,"32''box, " 16"box,"8"box,and"4"box.Thusitsverticalvalueis 124.
In the next column,there is no dot straddlingthe verticalline; its value is
recordedas O.
ASCII
c ode:
Descender:
7
Last column:
77
rrI() =
Descender x 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 and write the sum of each column at the bottom
You will see the lettersml, m2,m3,etc., are aboveyourvalues.Whenyou
definethe character,you willsubstituteyourvaluefor each of theseletters.
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