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Fields of the extended Big Font file
DescriptionByte sizeValueVariable
Extended font definition2 bytes7,0code
Refer to subshape number2 bytesxxxxprimitive#
Primitive X origin1 bytebasepoint-x
Primitive Y origin1 bytebasepoint-y
Scale of primitive width1 bytewidth
Scale of primitive height1 byteheight
End of shape definition1 byte0terminator
The following figure is an example of a 16 x 16 dot matrix that you could use
to design an extended Big Font, such as a Kanji character. In the example, the
distance between each dot is one unit. The callout points to a square unit.
A square matrix for a Kanji character
The following figure shows examples of Kanji characters. Each character
occupies an M×N matrix (matrices don't have to be square), similar to the one
shown in the previous figure. The numbers above each figure are the associated
shape numbers.
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