Spacing
If you specify monospaced for afont, each character prints with the same
width. But ifyou specify proportional spacing the design of each character
determinesits width.To define howyou wantyour primaryfont spaced, send
thiscommand:
<ESC> (S nP
in which for nyou put O(zero) to get monospaced,
or 1(one) to get proportional spacing.
Ifyou specify proportionalspacing it doesn’tmatter if youalso specify pitch,
becausespacing is ahigherpriority font attribute.The printer will justignore
the pitch request.
Todefine spacing foryour secondaryfont, usethe samenumbers andjust flip
the parenthesis:
<ESC> )S nP
Pitch
Pitch defines how many characters per inch you want for amonospaced-
pitch font. Your Star LaserPrinter 4111’sinternalmonospaced-pitch fonts
havesettings of 10,12or 16.66characters per inch. Cartridge ordownloaded
fonts with monospaced pitches often have other settingsfor characters per
inch.
To select the pitch you want for the primary font, send thiscommand:
<ESC> (S nH
wherefor nyou put in how many characters per inch you want. For example,
<ESC> (s 12Hwill pack twelve characters into each inch.
The corresponding pitch command for the secondary font is:
<ESC> )S nH
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