Symbols for Legacy Computing: Difference between revisions
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You can obtain the necessary symbols by copying them from a pre-existing cube using Ctrl + A, and then changing the colors to your liking. There is also a handy SLC toolbox at the top of [https://ourworldoftext.com/slc_font /slc_font]. | You can obtain the necessary symbols by copying them from a pre-existing cube using Ctrl + A, and then changing the colors to your liking. There is also a handy SLC toolbox at the top of [https://ourworldoftext.com/slc_font /slc_font]. | ||
The ability to change cell colors allows two colors to exist within any given cell, so use this feature whenever two cubes of different colors touch at their diagonal edges.[[File:Slc cube tutorial.png|center|thumb]] | The ability to change cell colors allows two colors to exist within any given cell, so use this feature whenever two cubes of different colors touch at their diagonal edges.[[File:Slc cube tutorial.png|center|thumb|Anatomy of a SLC cube]] | ||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | <gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | ||
File:Slc cube color.png | File:Slc cube color.png | ||
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=== How to Make an Cube | === How to Make an Unicode Cube === | ||
The second type of OWOT cubes face the screen at a | [[File:Unicode cube tutorial.png|thumb|Anatomy of an unicode cube]] | ||
The second type of OWOT cubes face the screen at a more direct angle. They actually contain no SLC characters whatsoever, but are still included here due to their resemblance to cubes that do include SLC. | |||
They are created using the default block character "█" along with the | They are created using the default block character "█" along with the triangular unicodes "◢ ◣ ◤ ◥." Critically, the triangles must have the "'''''bold'''''" text decoration, which can be accessed using Ctrl + Q. | ||
Unicode cubes are smaller than SLC cubes at five characters wide and three characters tall, but like SLC counterparts they have three colors for each of their faces. | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="SLC Cubes(Top) and Unicode Cubes(Bottom)"> | |||
File:Slc tetris color.png | File:Slc tetris color.png | ||
File:Slc tetris colorless.png | File:Slc tetris colorless.png | ||