Putting Gemini to Work
the sloping in this sample program is the frequent use of
superscripts and subscripts.
When you print “supers” and “subs:’ Gemini executes the
“scripts” in the double-strike mode. Double-striking involves
printing the characters once, then reprinting them 11144th inch
lower. One one-hundred-and-forty-fourth of an inch isn’t even
detectable (unless you have the eyes of a hawk).
In most printing situations, you won’t use superscripts and
subscripts more than once or twice a line (if at all). Thus, printing
the remainder of a line 1/144th or 21144th of an inch lower would
not be noticeable. In our sample program (Figure 5-2), there were
I2 “supers” and “subs” per line - giving a total of 121144ths (or
GEMINI I-l-aI-IC TYF’E STYLES
17 cp1 12 cc1 1’:’ co1 2.5 cpl t cpl 5 cpl
_____ -- . .._ ----. .----.-.-.- ~--
NVDa! bBC”‘,. ABCX-Y, ARCXXY, /?)BC ARC URC
double strike DW’,, MC*-,, RRCX- Y” c)BC UBC URC
raphrr!zPd RBC”,, RRC”-Y* ABC ABC ARC URC
double strlkr ttw,,
+ RRCX-Y, RBC RBC UBC RRC
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Figure 53. The sample program’s results, amended to show the 88 viable
options for type sizes and sty/es using Gemini.
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