Star Micronics 8 Series manual Default font attributes

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The Epson EX-800 emulationis really versatile.It lets you have both of those IBMsymbolsets plusEpson’sown standardsymbolset. This Epson symbolset is unusual:it containsboth uprightand italic charactersin the same set. You may also choose from symbol sets for all the countries mentionedabove,plusa seconduniqueset for eachof Denmarkand Spain.

With the Diabloemulation,Roman-8is the normalsymbolset.

Default font attributes

Whenyoupoweron yourprinterandchooseanemulation,theinternalfonts startoff withdefaultattributeswhichyoucanchangeasneeded.Thedefault symbolsets dependon the emulation:in LaserJetII and Diablomodesthe defaultis Roman-8,inProprintermodeit’sIBMSet 1,andinEpsonEX-800 modeit’sEpson Std USA.

Besidesthese, all internalfontsdefaultto portraitorientation,uprightstyle (notitalics)andmediumboldness.Thetablebelowshowsthcirotherdefault attributes:

Typeface	Spacing	Pitch	Font height
Courier	monospaced	10	12point
PrestigeElite	monospaced	12	10point
Tms Romn	proportional	–	10point
Line Printer	monospaced	16.6	8.5 point

Technically,youcanuseanyoftheStarLaserPrinter8’sresidentfontswhen yousendcommandsemulatinga particularprinter.Buteachemulationonly printsproperlywiththefontsdesignedforit. Furthermore,youcanonlyuse symbol sets, or arrangementsof those fonts, which that emulation can handle. So be aware that, if you try using fonts other than those recom- mended for a particular emulation,you will usually get printing in the emulation’sdefaultfont.

If you wanta characterthat’snot in the font you’reusing,don’thesitateto grab it. Just sendthe Escapesequencesthat selectyourdesiredsymbolset, print with it, then go back to youroriginalfont.

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