Select Font and Pitch by Point ESC X
Data Structure ASCII ESC "X" <m> <nL><n
H> select font and pitch by point
hex. 1B 58 <m> <nL><n
H>
dec. 27 88 <m> <nL><n
H>
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:
(point size) = (nH
x 256) + nL
2 inch 1 point ∧
= 1⁄72 inch
nH = INT (point size) x 2
256
nL = MOD (point size) x 2
256
nH = nL = 0 No change in point size
nH = 0
nL = 21 }default (10.5 points)
32 Character Styling