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Pitch
The monospaccdpitchesavailablewith intcmal fonts include 10, 12 and
16.66charactersper inch. However,with the frontpanel'sprogrammenu
youcan selectmorethe compact6.5 and 8.1pitchesappropriatefor a small
fontlike Line Printer.
Font height
The normalfont sizes in Diablomode are 8.5, 10and 12pointshigh.
Style
Toselectitalicswiththisemulation,selectthatstyleas a fontattributefrom
the front panel.If you want italicsunderprogramcontrol,you can use an
optionalsupplementarysymbolset cartridgecontainingitalic characters.
Stroke weight
The Star LascrPnnter 8 can create bold characters(a Diablovariationis
called"shadowprint")by printingeachcharactertwice,slightlyoffset,just
like the Diablo does. To turn on bold print you send either of these two
commands(the first one includesthe capitalletter"O"):
<ESC>O
<ESC>W
Youcan turn off the boldprint againwith any of thesecommands:
<ESC>&
<ESC>X
<CR>
Typeface
The Star LaserPnntcr 8 uses Courier font as its default Diablo font. It
switchesto the Line Printer font for condensedprint, to Tms Romn for
proportionalspacing,andto Prestigefor 12-pitch.Othertypefacesmustbe
selectedfrom the front panel.
Underline
The
LaserPnntcr8 willunderline(spacesas WCI1 as characters)if you send
this command:
<ESC>E
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