Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 86

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To selectfont heightfor the secondaryfont,send this command:
<ESC>
)S /z
V
Style
Styledefineswhetheryourtextis printed
in
italicsor upright,thewaythese
wordsare. Sendthis commandto selectthe styleyou wantfor the primary
font:
<ESC>
(S rz
S
in whichfor n you
enter O
if you wantnormaluprighttext,
or 1 if you
want italics.
To selectstyleforthesecondaryfont,just reversetheparenthesisandusethe
same n numbers:
<ESC>
)S ~
S
Rememberthatstyleis a relativelylow-priorityattribute.If a particularfont
satisfiesallhigherpriorityattributesbutdoesn'tcomein thestyleyouwant,
you'llget that font withoutyourstyle.
Stroke weight
The weightof a font defineshowlightlyor boldlyit prints.
With LaserJet11emulationyou can be more flexibleabout stroke weight
thanwiththeboldon/offcommandsof theotheremulations. T he following
commandgives you a range of 15 degreesof boldness,thoughnol many
fontsexploitthat range.
Sendthiscommandto selectaprimaryfontwithyourdesiredstrokeweight:
<ESC>
(S /z
B
in whichyou replacen with a numberfrom–7 (meaninglight)to +7 (very
bold).You needthe negativesign to get the lighterweights.A weightof O
(zero)producesmediumprint.
To selectthe strokeweightfor lhe secondaryfont, use the same numbers
with this command:
<ESC>
)S /z
B
An incidentalnote:You willlikelyuse optionalfontsto giveyouboldface,
so probablydon'tneedto knowthis.But it's possibleto printbold wi~houl
evenhavingaboldfontin theprinter.Youjust printthetextyouwantin bold
two times,with the overprintoffsetby 4 decipoints.
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