editor is provided to edit character raster images of fonts because the raster image corresponding to each code is programmable or modifiable complex symbols may be inscribed with the same ease as letters and numbers once the symbol is defined as a font character according to one aspect of the invention a graphic pictorial image is engraved onto the stone thereby making the stone an artwork the pictorial image may be identical or different for each stone and may also include encoded information a logo may differ from a character by being larger with potentially a higher dot density thus characters are generally defined as raster bitmaps while logos may be further optimized or the laser controlled to obtain a desired appearance the mount includes a fixed base held in fixed position with respect to the frame 140 with a removable holder 118 as shown in fig7 a 7 e the holder 118 can be easily removed or taken out from the fixed base without changing the diamond 39 s orientation a holder 118 is selected based on the diamond size to be processed in the machine with various holders available for differing sized stones the diamond can be easily placed in or removed from the holder and can be externally adjusted.