keyboard contol of

any ideas about how to organise the order of a series of images across the screen. what i want to do is via keyboard input position a glyph in the right order. so if i type an "a" the image for a is enabled and displayed at say x=0, then i type a b and the image for b is enabled and displayed at say x=0+1, and so on. this has to work in any order so i can type q, u, a, r, t, z or t, a and the individual images will appear in the right position (and stay there). i have tried using the sample and hold patch and the counter/math but it ends up with all glyph/images moving, i need to be able to insert/enable a glyph in one position then have it stay there and the next glyph appear beside it. to spell/create a word.

please help... it is driving me crazy?