Fontattributes:apreview
Orientation(portraitorlandscapeasdescribedearlier)isusuallythoughtof
as oneattributeof afont; it’snot really apageformattingissue. Besides
orientation,thefontswith whichyouprint havetheseattributes:
Symbolset is sometimescalled“characterset”- whichcanbe confusing,
sincesomepeoplesay “characterset”whentheymean afont.Symbolsets
aresubgroupsof afont’s symbolsthataremost appropriateforparticular
countries,suchas theUK (f), France(h), LatinAmerica(fl)or Japan@).
Spacingandpitchare linked.Characterscanbespacedon thelinepropor-
tionally,soanarrow lettersuchas itakeslessroom thanawideletterlike
W. Orcharactm canbe spacedallthesamewidth:twelvecharacterstothe
inchis the monospacedspacingcalled12pitch.
Pointsizedefineshowbigcharacterswillprint,suchas IOor12pointshigh.
Sryledefineswhethercharactersprintin uprightor italicstyle.
Strokeweightdefineshow boldatypefaceprints.
Finally,typt$aceitselfmeans theartistic designof afont.Your printer’s
internaltypefacesinclude,LinePrinterand Courier.With the StarLaser-
Printer 4you can also use Helvet,Gothic, Script, Caslon, Orator and
hundredsmomtypefaces,whichyouloadinto theprinterfromcartridgeor
computerdisk.
Whenyouenablefont setupparametersonthecontrolpanel,it meansyou
startoff withparticularfontattributesasdefaultswhenyou firstchoosean
emulatioq.WiththeFX-850emulationyoucanenableproportionalspacing
andboldprintas setupparameters.FX-850modealsoletsyoustartup with
halfof your symbolsetas graphicscharactersinsteadof italics.
2.5 THESTARLASERPRINTER4SUPERSET
2.5.1 Doyou need to sendcommands?
Here’s an importantfact: you can set nearly every one of the above
parametemby sending your printer acorrespondingEscape sequence
command.ThoseEscapesequencecommandswilloverrideanysettingyou
makefromthe controlpanel.
Themainthingto realizeaboutmostprintercommands,though,isthatyou
probablydon’t need to use them. Nearly all popular softwarepackages
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