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=== How to Make an SLC Cube === | === How to Make an SLC Cube === | ||
An SLC cube is six characters in width and four in height. The second lowest row(''or second highest, if you're making an upside down cube'') is consisted entirely of the default block "█," while all other layers are made from SLC slope characters. The row directly above(''or below'') it makes use of customized cell backgrounds to facilitate the intersection of three different colored planes. | |||
There is also a handy SLC toolbox at the top of [https://ourworldoftext.com/slc_font /slc_font]. | SLC cubes have three faces, each with their own color. Most artists decorate their cubes with different shades of the same color in order to represent lighting. | ||
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]] | ||
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File:Slc cubes color.png | File:Slc cubes color.png | ||
File:Slc cubes colorless.png | File:Slc cubes colorless.png | ||
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=== How to Make an Cube(''Type #2'') === | |||
The second type of OWOT cubes face the screen at a less diagonal 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 following triangular unicodes "◢ ◣ ◤ ◥." Critically, the triangles must have the "'''''bold'''''" text decoration, which can be accessed using Ctrl + Q. | |||
Like their SLC counterparts, these cubes have three separate colors for each of their faces.<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" caption="SLC Cube Type#1(Top) and SLC Cube Type #2(Bottom)"> | |||
File:Slc tetris color.png | |||
File:Slc tetris colorless.png | |||
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