Xerox Printer manual Column command, Interword command, Interword gap formula

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COLUMN command

Use the COLUMN command to establish the column width when you specify TEXT ALIGNED JUSTIFIED IN COLUMN. You can also use the COLUMN command to establish a right boundary for the DOT LEADER command.

Parameters units indicates the unit of measure for the column width. The units are INCHES, CENTIMETERS, DOTS, and XDOTS. You can use two decimal places when you specify inches and centimeters. You can express DOTS and XDOTS only in integers.

Figure 3±21 shows the COLUMN command syntax flow.

Figure 3±21. COLUMN command syntax

COLUMN	n		;
SIZE	IS	units	WIDE

Defaults The default units specified for the GRID command, if you do not specify units.

Column width of 6.5 inches (portrait) or 9 inches (landscape), if you do not specify column width using the COLUMN command.

Examples Long form:

COLUMN SIZE IS 3.8 INCHES WIDE;

Short form:

COLUMN IS 3.8 IN WIDE;

INTERWORD command

The INTERWORD command specifies the interword multiplier used to determine the interword gap.

The interword gap formula

The interword gap is the blank space between words in printed text. It is determined in HFDL with this formula:

interword gap = interword multiplier * base gap

where

base gap is one of these values, based on the first named font:

·the width of ASCII code point X'20', usually a ªblankº

·an EN space, which is 1/2 the point size of the font

interword multiplier is one of these values:

·the value specified by the INTERWORD command

·1.0, if no INTERWORD command is specified.

HFDL uses the interword gap you specify as the minimum value. For fully justified text, HFDL adjusts the interword gap when needed.

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