Cistercian numerals: Difference between revisions

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We can take advantage of the coordinate transformations.
 
'''Part 1. GlypthsGlyphs for each digit'''
 
The glyphs of each "digit" are the same, excepting they are mirrored according ifto theyits are inplace ("units", "tens", "hundreds" and "thousands" place), so we have generic code for each.
 
The following specification are for "units" and it is independent of size. They are referred to the top-right "quadrant" of the complete number, which has mathematical coordinate system, being (-1, -1) the bottom-left corner, and (1, 1) the opposite one, hence, the center is (0, 0).
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'''Part 2. Mirroring for "tens", "hundreds" and "thousands"'''
 
The following is the specification to change the scale, according to the place and to produce the mirrored effect. Notice that there is no specification for "units", because the definitions of glypthsglyphs are based on "units"this place and therefore there is no transformation to apply.
 
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'''Additional case. Creating all the Cistercian numerals in a single image'''
 
The following program creates a big image, and copies into it all the 10,000 different Cistercian numerals in a single image:
 
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