Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 51

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The Epson EX-800 emulationis really versatile.It lets you have both of
those IBMsymbolsets plusEpson'sown standardsymbolset. This Epson
symbolset is unusual:it containsboth uprightand italic charactersin the
same set. You may also choose from symbol sets for all the countries
mentionedabove,plusa seconduniqueset for eachof Denmarkand Spain.
With the Diabloemulation,Roman-8is the normalsymbolset.
Default font attributes
Whenyoupoweron yourprinterandchooseanemulation, t heinternalfonts
startoff withdefaultattributeswhichyoucanchangeasneeded.Thedefault
symbolsets dependon the emulation:in LaserJetII and Diablomodesthe
defaultis Roman-8,inProprintermodeit'sIBMSet 1,andinEpsonEX-800
modeit'sEpson Std USA.
Besidesthese, all internalfontsdefaultto portraitorientation,uprightstyle
(notitalics)andmediumboldness. T hetablebelowshowsthcirotherdefault
attributes:
Typeface Spacing
Pitch Font height
Courier monospaced 10
12point
PrestigeElite monospaced 12
10point
Tms Romn proportional –
10point
Line Printer monospaced
16.6
8.5 point
Technically, y oucanuseanyoftheStarLaserPrinter8'sresidentfontswhen
yousendcommandsemulatinga particularprinter.Buteachemulationonly
printsproperlywiththefontsdesignedforit. Furthermore,youcanonlyuse
symbol sets, or arrangementsof those fonts, which that emulation can
handle. So be aware that, if you try using fonts other than those recom-
mended for a particular emulation,you will usually get printing in the
emulation'sdefaultfont.
If you wanta characterthat'snot in the font you'reusing,don'thesitateto
grab it. Just sendthe Escapesequencesthat selectyourdesiredsymbolset,
print with it, then go back to youroriginalfont.
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