Font utilities   11.4.1 CCC setchar statements  To use an
existing character as part of a new character, you can use
either the setchar or setcharbb statement. They both take a
character name in parentheses as their argument, as in:  setchar
( name ) setcharbb ( name )  See section 5.3.1 Character names,
for the details of character names.  The difference between the
two commands lies in their treatment of the existing character's
sidebearings: the setchar command includes them, and setcharbb
does not. setcharbb also removes any white space above and below
the character shapes, as is usually present in accent
characters.  This difference lets you construct characters
without worrying about interaction between their side bearings.
For example, you could make an `A' with an acute accent centered
over the body of the `A' as follows:  define Aacute =   setchar
(A)   hmove -.5 width (A)   vmove height (A)   setcharbb (acute)
(See the next section for a description of the hmove and vmove
commands.) Without the set