Figure 6-J.The underline mode

As shown in Figure 6-5, the underline mode is continuous, but some word processing and other applications programs produce an underline that leaves spaces between characters as demonstrated in the printout below.

If your software prints this type of underline, it is using the LX-80’s underline character (ASCII 95), not the underline mode. Because the underline character is only five dots wide, it does not fill the spaces between characters. If you prefer a continuous underline, you may be able to use the underline mode through one of the methods we discussed in Chapter 4.

Master Select

The LX-80 has a special ESCape code called Master Select that allows you to choose any possible combination of eight different modes: pica, elite, compressed, emphasized, double-strike, expanded, italic, and underline. The format of the Master Select code is ESCape “!” followed by a number that is calculated by adding together the values of the modes listed below:

underline 128

italic64

expanded32

double-strike 16

emphasized 8

compressed 4

elite1

pica0

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