% normalize and clean up any loaded alphabets
s = size(alphs);
barct = 50;
for i=1:s(2)
    alphs{i} = thrnormalph(alphs{i});
    k = floor((i/s(2))*barct) - floor(((i-1)/s(2))*barct);
    for j=1:k
        fprintf('|');
    end
end
fprintf('\n');
clear s;
clear i;
clear barct;