How should I print HI in huge block letters enclosed in a box of *?

Question

I am required to output Hi in huge block letter which is enclosed in a box of * in C++. image of the output required So far I've only managed to figure out a basic way where I print each line by line, but is there any smarter way to do it?

Heres what I managed so far

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(){
  cout << "**********************" << endl;
  cout << "*                    *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HHHHHHHH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
  cout << "*                    *" << endl;
  cout << "**********************" << endl;
  return 0;
}

Answer 1

You can make your program a bit easier to modify by using the symmetry of what you are printing:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void n_lines(int n)
{
    for (auto i = 0; i < n; i++)
      cout << "*   HH    HH     II  *" << endl;
}

void star_line()
{
    cout << "**********************" << endl;
}

void empty_line()
{
    cout << "*                    *" << endl;
}

int main(){
  star_line();
  empty_line();
  n_lines(4);
  cout << "*   HHHHHHHH     II  *" << endl;
  n_lines(4);
  empty_line();
  star_line();
  return 0;
}

This will produce the same output, but it's much easier to change the size and such.