Games Seem Same; Messages In Three Pitches - Epson FX-80 User Manual

Figure 18·6. Games seem same.
How about that! The letters that make up Figure 18-6 are pretty fancy,
right? But look at those gaps down the middle of each letter. We can
do without those ... or can we?
Those gaps appear when characters are printed side by side in any
mode that compresses the matrix columns. That includes Elite and
Compressed Modes. For a comparison of the three print pitches, RUN
the program again and enter:
MESSAGES,
48
MESSAGES, 49
MESSAGES, 52
fr1IE.~~Al[)-E.g§;
D:1l1E~ ~~ ~~ ~~
([}
1E~ ~~
nfl~~~~~~l(}I~~~
Figure 18·7. Messages in three pitches.
When you look at Figure 18-7, do you get a message? All three
mode . combinations include Double-Strike and Expanded print; the
only difference between them is the pitch. The first pitch is Pica, the
second is Elite, the third is Compressed.
As you can see, the letters printed in the Elite and Compressed
Modes have gaps between their component characters. Unless you
like this "feature," you11 have to avoid Elite and Compressed Modes
when printing user-defined characters side by side.
Despite this limitation, you should have a good time adding the rest
of the alphabet or defining your own character set. By the way, the
Introduction at the beginning of this manual shows a few more of
these Double Wide and Double High letters.
You may want to SAVE the current program before proceeding.
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