Select Font and Pitch by Point

 

ESC X

 

 

 

 

 

Data Structure

ASCII

ESC "X"

<m> <nL> <nH>

select font and pitch by point

 

hex.

1B

58

<m> <nL> <nH>

 

 

dec.

27

88

<m> <nL> <nH>

 

Description

Valid values:

 

 

 

 

5

m 127

m = 0.1

 

 

0

nL 255

 

 

 

 

0

nH 127

 

 

 

Selects the pitch and point attributes for scalable fonts.

Pitch:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

m = 0

 

 

No change in pitch

 

m = 1

 

 

Selects proportional spacing

 

m 5

 

 

Selects fixed pitch equal to 360/m cpi

m = 36

 

 

default (10 cpi)

 

Points:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(nH x 256) + nL

 

(point size) =

 

 

 

inch

1 point = 172 inch

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

n = INT

(point size) x 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

256

 

 

 

 

n = MOD

(point size) x 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

256

 

 

 

 

nH = nL = 0

No change in point size

 

nH = 0

}

default (10.5 points)

 

nL = 21

 

 

 

 

 

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