From 7e3cafa490730bcb7adf6f4fcb1893bfc977a6c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mekelburg <chrismekelburg@1.local>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:40:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] letter A

The capital letter A turned out to be a bit tougher than I expected.
After drawing the letter on graph paper, I realized the angles would not
all be 45 degrees, so I used some trigonometry to figure out the angle.
This got more difficult in the inner part of the A, but I was still able
to define this angle. For the horizontal parts in the middle of the A,
I had to trial and error the distances, because it was hard to tell
exactly where I was on the grid, but overall I think the letter turned
out well. I think I'll try something with more linear motions for the
next letter and then maybe some more diagonals and maybe a curve for
the last 2 letters.
---
 typeface.py | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/typeface.py b/typeface.py
index b966bef..346c1b8 100644
--- a/typeface.py
+++ b/typeface.py
@@ -11,9 +11,54 @@
 
 from turtle import *
 from math import sqrt
+from math import atan
+from math import degrees
+
+
 
 def draw_letter_a(unit):
-    pass
+    outer_angle = degrees(atan((3*unit)/(8*unit))) #defines outer angle turns in degrees
+    inner_angle = degrees(atan((7*unit)/(3*unit))) #defines inner angle turns in degrees
+    outer_side = unit*sqrt(73) #length of outer part of letter A
+    inner_side = unit*sqrt(58) #length of inner part of letter A
+    left(90-outer_angle)
+    forward(outer_side)
+    right(90-outer_angle)
+    forward(unit*2)
+    right(90-outer_angle)
+    forward(outer_side)
+    right(90+outer_angle)
+    forward(unit)
+    right(inner_angle)
+    forward(.43*inner_side)
+    left(inner_angle)
+    forward(3.4*unit)
+    penup()
+    back(3.4*unit)
+    right(inner_angle)
+    forward(.14*(inner_side))
+    pendown()
+    left(inner_angle)
+    forward(2.6*unit)
+    penup()
+    back(2.6*unit)
+    right(inner_angle)
+    pendown()
+    forward(.43*(inner_side))
+    left(2*inner_angle)
+    forward(.43*(inner_side))
+    penup()
+    forward(.14*(inner_side))
+    pendown()
+    forward(.43*(inner_side))
+    right(inner_angle)
+    forward(unit)
+    right(180)
+
+
+
+    
+    
 
 def draw_letter_b(unit):
     pass