l/6 inch

3 blank rows

1/6 inch

3 blank rows

Figure 7-l. Standard line spacing

The default line spacing illustrated in Figure 7-l is the only one you need for almost all printing of text, but in some cases you may want to increase or decrease the space between lines. The LX-86 has several commands to do this. ESCape “0” decreases the line spacing to 9-dot (9/72-inch), ESCape “1” decreases it to 7-dot, and ESCape “2” returns it to 12-dot.

In addition, there are commands to specify the line spacing in 72nds of an inch and 216ths of an inch. If you need to make such fine adjustments in the line spacing see Appendix C for the proper commands. In the chapter on dot graphics you will see how useful ESCape “1” can be.

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