Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 84

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Then in the reportyoudecideto use a proprietaryproductname,so wantto
nip outto grabthe@symbolon alegalcartridgefontyou'vealreadyloaded,
then returnto your Germanset. Whenyour report'sall done, you want to
return the printerto its Roman-8default.
Here arc the commandsthat will do thejob for us:
<ESC>( OG
(you start your reporthere)
~ESC>( IU @
<ESC>( OG
(you finish your reporthere)
<ESC>( O@
If youhadfinishedwith<ESC>( 3@theprinterwouldreturnto itsstandard
Courierfont:notjust its Roman-8symbolset.
Spacing
If you specifymonospaccdfor a font,each characterprints with the same
width.But if youspecifyproportionalspacingthe designof eachcharacter
determinesits width.To define how you want your primary font spaced,
send this command:
<ESC>
(S /z
P
in whichfor n you put O(zero) to get monospaced,
or 1 (one)to get proportionalspacing.
Ifyouspecifyproportional s pacingitdoesn'tmatterif youalsospecifypitch,
becausespacingisa.higherpnorityfontattribute. T heprinterwilljust ignore
the pitch request.
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