Character Spacing ESC SP
Data Structure ASCII ESC SP <n>
hex. 1B 20 <n>
dec. 27 32 <n>
Description The size of the spaces between the characters is increased by n ∗ 1⁄180 inch in NLQ and
LQ and in Draft by n ∗ 1⁄120 inch. This space is added to the spaces used for character de-
finition.
The value specified for n must be in the range of 0 to 127.
Example 10 REM character spacing
20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@"
25 LPRINT CHR$(27);"x1";:REM High Print quality
30 LPRINT "this is normal width"
40 LPRINT CHR$(27);" ";CHR$(3);
50 LPRINT "now 3/180 inch is added to normal width"
60 LPRINT CHR$(27);" ";CHR$(6);
70 LPRINT "now 6/180 inch is added"
80 END
24 Character Spacing