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Basil
Dec 19th, '04, 12:48 PM
Will Ben (or maybe Steve) please check out:
http://www.herogames.com/digitalHero/Samples/dh26crossword.jsp

I'm convinced there's been a foul-up with the crossword; it looks like lines have been "doubled over," rather than stretching left-to-right as much as they should.

I'd appreciate a fix. :)
lemming
Dec 19th, '04, 02:08 PM
Hmm, probably something to do with making that an ascii page. Hard to read, at least for me. (The one from the pdf is nice though. )
mattingly
Dec 19th, '04, 03:18 PM
Each "square" is made of six ASCII dots. Ignoring the numbers, here's what the grid should look like, with X's being black squares and O's being white squares.


O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O O O O O O
X X O O O X O O O X X X X
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O X O O O O O O O O
X X X X O O O X O O O X X
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O
lemming
Dec 19th, '04, 11:29 PM
Ah. it makes sense now.
Basil
Dec 21st, '04, 03:58 PM
Each "square" is made of six ASCII dots. Ignoring the numbers, here's what the grid should look like, with X's being black squares and O's being white squares.


O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O O O O O O
X X O O O X O O O X X X X
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O O O O O O O O O O
O O O O X O O O O O O O O
X X X X O O O X O O O X X
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O O O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O
O O O O X O O O X O O O O


Ah, so each "square" is two lines high?
Even so, it can't be made to match what you've got -- unless you're version should have had the third line repeated.
mattingly
Dec 21st, '04, 04:35 PM
Ah, so each "square" is two lines high?

Yes, that's right. Each square is three dots across and two dots down.


Even so, it can't be made to match what you've got -- unless you're version should have had the third line repeated.

My mistake. The third line should indeed be repeated.

The corssword has radial symmetry, so you should be able to turn the puzzle upside-down or at a 90-degree angle, and get the same result.