Star Micronics 8 Series manual Style

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To selectfont heightfor the secondaryfont,send this command:

<ESC>)S /z V

Style

Styledefineswhetheryourtextis printedin italicsor upright,thewaythese wordsare. Sendthis commandto selectthe styleyou wantfor the primary font:

<ESC>(S rz S

in whichfor n you enter O if you wantnormaluprighttext,

or 1 if you want italics.

To selectstyleforthesecondaryfont,just reversetheparenthesisandusethe same n numbers:

<ESC>)S ~ S

Rememberthatstyleis a relativelylow-priorityattribute.If a particularfont satisfiesallhigherpriorityattributesbutdoesn’tcomein thestyleyouwant, you’llget that font withoutyourstyle.

Stroke weight

The weightof a font defineshowlightlyor boldlyit prints.

With LaserJet11emulationyou can be more flexibleabout stroke weight thanwiththeboldon/offcommandsof theotheremulations.The following commandgives you a range of 15 degreesof boldness,thoughnol many fontsexploitthat range.

Sendthiscommandto selectaprimaryfontwithyourdesiredstrokeweight:

<ESC>(S /z B

in whichyou replacen with a numberfrom –7 (meaninglight)to +7 (very bold).You needthe negativesign to get the lighterweights.A weightof O (zero)producesmediumprint.

To selectthe strokeweightfor lhe secondaryfont, use the same numbers with this command:

<ESC>)S /z B

An incidentalnote:You willlikelyuse optionalfontsto giveyouboldface, so probablydon’tneedto knowthis. But it’s possibleto printbold wi~houl evenhavingaboldfontin theprinter.Youjust printthetextyouwantin bold two times,with the overprintoffsetby 4 decipoints.

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