So you can use the command <ESC>&a n H to back up, youjust need to know the width in decipointsof what you want to overprint.In a mono- spaced-pitchfont like Courier that’s easy: just keep track of how many charactersyouprint.Inaproportionalfontyou’dkeeptrackofthedecipoints by usinga character-widthtable.Afterbackingup4 decipointslessthanthe totaltext width youjust print yourtext again.

Typeface

The last attributeyoucan giveto charactersis theirtypeface.The designof charactersis whatfontdesignersoftenthinkof as the maindeterminantfor

afont. But when you selecta laser printerfont,typefacesits at the bottom of the list.

To assign the particularface you want for your primary font, send this command:

<ESC>(S ~ T

For n enter one of the font codenumbersfrom this table:

TYPEFACE n

Line printer O(zero)

Pica1 (one)

Elite2

Courier 3

Helvet 4

<Tms Romn 5

Gothic 6

script 7

Prestige 8

Caslon 9

Orator 10 Presentation 11

Line Draw

12

PC Line

13

OCR

14

Bar Code

15

To assigna characterfaceto thesecondaryfont,just fliptheparenthesisand use the same n numbers:

<ESC>)S rI T

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