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From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: seeking ascii characters ordered according to `density'
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Date: 14 May 91 23:51:32 GMT
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Hi,

   I am writing a contour plotter that will run on ascii terminals.  I was
wondering if someone could provide me with a sequence of standard printable
ascii characters which range from least `dense' to most `dense'.  By `dense' I
mean the amount of pixels the character uses.  For example, the space
character would be the least dense followed by a `.' etc.. all the way up to
`@' or perhaps even `#'.  I know this probably depends on the particular
device (font) but I am sure there are some general `rules' (eg. `@' > `.').

Thanks,
--
John

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