Star Micronics NX-10 user manual Proportional

This line is CONDENSED ELITE pitch,
This line is CONDENSED PICA pitch.
This	line	is	NORMRL	ELITE	pitch.
l-l-1 :i, vii	:I. :i	n e	:i, 5; 111 IX? Pi u I,,., P		1: c:: (4	fl:, i t c3 t-l n
This line is EXPANDED CONDENSED ELITE.
This	line		is	EXPANDED		CONDENSED	PICA.

l-h i .!sii?z EXF'ANDED ELI-i-E, '-'[""#---rj.K;. ji-cc;;;Ef:::,I;:g.3&'::,11"*,[:J-E;J,:/j-J1':"J::#-:y;$-II

n Proportional printing

Have you ever noticed in books and magazines? Doesn’t it look nice? The main reason is that each character is given an amount of space proportional to its actual width. A typewriter (and most printer), on the other hand, give every character the same amount of space, no matter how wide it is. (Pica pitch, for example, gives a “w” and an “i” l/10 of an inch each. Look these letters closely and you’ll see that a “w” is two or three times as wide as an “i”.)

Well, you too enjoy professional-looking proportional print- ing. You can turn proportional printing on and off with the following command.

	Table 3-8
	Proportional	commands
Function		Control code
Proportional	ON	(ESC)“p”l
Proportional	OFF	(ESC)“p”O

Try this program to see how the proportional spacing works.

10 ) Demo of proportional printing

20 LPRINT CHR$(~~);"M~;

30 LPRINT "This line is NORMAL ELITE printing."

4-OLPRINT CHR$(27);"pl";

50 LPRINT "This line is PROPORTIONAL ELITE."

60 LPRINT CHR$(27);"P";

70 LPRINT "This line is PROPORTIONAL PICA."

80 LPRINT CHR$(~~);~~~O~Q

90 LPRINT "This line is NORMAL PICA printing."

100 END