Character matrix graphics

METHODS OF OBTAINING GRAPHICS 1.2.1. Character Matrix Graphics 

Several approaches to incorporating graphics into word processors have been taken. The first method is to create a special character set containing lines at special angles which can be used in building chemical structures, boxes, etc. T, Volkswriter Scientific, The Egg, and many others use this method, the basis of which is illustrated in figure 1.1. In order to enter a chemical structural 

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The advantages of the character matrix graphics are that it is simple for the software vendor to add to a normal text processor, and that it can be fast because the graphics are simple characters. 

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Fig. 1.2. Character matrix graphics are simple, but limited. One can not always make an attractive looking structural diagram.

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