Table 3-2
Italic commands
Function Control code
Italic ON (ESC) “4”
Italic OFF (ESC) “5”
Use this program to see italic characters:
10 ’ Demo of italic and roman
20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"4";
30 LPRINT “This line is in ITALIC characters.”
43 LPRINT CHR$(27);"5";
50 LPRINT "This line is in ROMAN characters."
In this program, line 20 turns italic on with (ESC) “4”, and
line 40 turns italic off with (ESC) “5”.
n Underlining
Not only can your printer print all styles of printing in both
roman and italic, but it can underline them too. The control
codes are shown in Table 3-3.
Table 3-3
Underline commands
Function Control code
Underline ON (ESC) “-” 1
Underline OFF (ESC) “-” 0
It’s that simple. Let’s try it with this program:
10 ' Demo of underlining
20 LPRINT CHR$(~~) ;"-1";
30 LPRINT "This phrase is UNDERLINED;" ;
40 LPRINT CHR$(27);"-0";
50 LPRINT " this is not."