Star Micronics 8 Series Applications Manual page 87

So
you can
use the command
<ESC>&a n H to back up, youjust need to
know the width in decipointsof what you want to overprint.In a mono-
spaced-pitchfont like Courier that's easy: just keep track of how many
charactersyouprint.Inaproportional f ontyou'dkeeptrackofthedecipoints
by usinga character-width table.Afterbackingup4 decipointslessthanthe
totaltext width youjust print yourtext again.
Typeface
The
last attributeyoucan giveto charactersis theirtypeface.The designof
charactersis whatfontdesignersoftenthinkof as the maindeterminantfor
a font. But when you selecta laser printerfont,typefacesits at the bottom
of the list.
To assign the particularface you want for your primary font, send this
command:
<ESC>
(S ~
T
For n enter one of the font codenumbersfrom this table:
TYPEFACE n
Line printer
O(zero)
Pica 1 (one)
Elite
2
Courier 3
Helvet 4
< Tms Romn 5
Gothic 6
script 7
Prestige
8
Caslon 9
Orator 10
Presentation 11
Line Draw 12
PC Line
13
OCR 14
Bar Code
15
To assigna characterfaceto thesecondaryfont,just fliptheparenthesisand
use the same n numbers:
<ESC>
)S rI
T
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