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Printing Text With Delta 31

Line 10 turns on elite pitch with ( ESC > “B” CHR$(2). Line 20 prints a line at 12 characters per inch. The (ESC) “B” CHR$(3) in line 30 changes Delta to condensed pitch and line 40 prints a line in condensed pitch. Line 50 resets Delta to pica pitch and line 60 prints a line in pica pitch.

Pica pitch and condensed pitch can be set with “shortcut” codes. Instead of using (ESC) “B” CHR$(n), you can set them with a single code. CHR$(18) sets pica pitch and CHR$(15) sets condensed pitch. You can not set elite pitch with a single code.

Expanded print

Each of Delta’s three print pitches can be enlarged to twice its normal width. This is called expanded print. Try this program to see how it works:

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18LPRINTCHR$(lh)"THISLINE IS EXPANDED" 2@ LPRINT "BUT THIS LINE IS NOT"

T-HIS L~INlzEI IS E x l==‘aNwER

BUT THIS LIME IS NO-r

Expanded print set with CHR$(14) is automatically canceled at the end of the line. This is convenient in many applications, such as for one line titles. Note that you don’t need to put an (ESC) in front of the CHR$(14), although (ESC) CHR$(14) works just the same.

Sometimes you may wish to stay in expanded print for more than one line. Change your program to this:

18LPRINTCHR$(27)"W" CHR$(l)"THISLINE IS EXPANDED"

2flLPRINT "AND SO IS THIS ONE"

39LPRINTCHR$(27)"W" CHR$(@)"NOW WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL"

Now the results look like this:

-l-H I s	LINE		I s	ECXF-‘RNlDEr)
6rNR	su	IS	-l-H153	CBNE

NOW WE’ RE BACK TO NCIRMAL