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Next you must choose whetherto make the car symbolan ascenderor a
descender.This determineshow the characteris seatedon the line:
Ascender:
!l~~h:
Descender:
!...!:::,}!:'2
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We decidedthatourcar symbolwillnotbe a "descender", s o a figure"l" is
writtennextto Descenderon thegrid.If yourcharacteris a descender,write
a "O"next to Descender.
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
characterswill look attractivenext to wide ones.
Acceptablevaluesfor theleft spaceareOto 7, and thelastprintcolumnare
from 4 to 11.
Our characterwill occupyfromcolumn1to column11,so the left spaceis
Oand the characterwidthdata is 11.
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