Download character commands
Definedownload characters
MODE ASCII
Std. <ESC> “L“ <0>
.~1 n2 mO
m1m2 d]
dz ., dx
Defines one or more new characters and stores them in
RAM for later use. EDS switch A3 must be set to OFF;
otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer only, not for
storing downloaded characters, and this command is
ignored.
nl is the character code of the first character to be
defined and n2is the character code of the last charac-
ter to be defined. nl must be equal to or less than n2.
The data for each character starts with three bytes spec-
i~ing proportional spacing attributes: the first byte, rnO,
specifies the left of the character; the second byte, ml,
specifies the character width; the third byte, M2, speci-
fies the right of the character.
These values must not exceed the following maximum
limits:
Character mode ml mO+ml +m2
Draft 9 12
LQ pica 31 36
LO elite 27 30
L() semi-condensed 19 24
LQ proportional 37 42
Draft super/subscript 7:2
LQ super/subscript 19 36
LQ prop. super/subscript ~~ 42
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