---+ +    +   \   *  /       ---+ + 
   | |    |    \    /           | |
   | |    |     \  /            | |
   + +--- +---   \/             + +---
           

   + \   *  /       \      / +---+  /
   |  \    /         \    /  |   | / 
   |   \  /           \  /   |   | \*
---+    \/             \/    +---+  \


   + \   *  /       \   *  / +---+ +
   |  \    /         \    /    * | | 
   |   \  /           \  /       | |
---+    \/             \/    +---+ +---


+--- +---+ \   *  /    /\
| *  |   |  \    /    /  \
|    |   |   \  /    /    \
+    +---+    \/    /   *  \

 

you can use 2 forms # en X.

This has 9 and 4 distict spaces. _| is top left of #, < is right part of X etc. 

You can double this with a star in this symbols.

(it's a bit hard to explain in text only.

So this makes 26 different symbols.

Now you have to find the right letters.