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Example: Font attributes
Let'sput the last half dozenfontaltnbutcstogetherin an example.Say we
wanttoselectanicefont—a smallLinePrinter- forthefootnotesina report
we'vefinished.Let'smakeitoursecondaryfont,sincethebodyofourreport
is done in the primaryfont.
We'll go with the defaults for orientationand symbol set. But let's be
specificabouttheotherattributes, a ndlet'srememberto putthemin priority
order.
Wedecideon a monospacedof 16.66charactersperinchanda heightofjust
sevenpoints(footnotesshouldlooksmallerthanour regulartext).To keep
it readable,we opt for the ordinaryuprightstyleand mediumweightin the
Line Printer typeface.Our sequenceof individualcommandswould look
like this:
<ESC>
)S
OP
<ESC>
)S
16.66H
<ESC>
)S
7V
<ESC>
)S
OS
<ESC>
)S
OB
<ESC>
)S
OT
Since these font attributesall start with the same )s command-category
prefix,let's put them all togetherin onc command:
<ESC>
)S OP 16.66h
7V@ Ob
OT
The BASICstatcmentwc couldsendto selectour desiredfont wouldlook
like this;
100 LPRINTCHR$ (27) ;")sOp16. 66h7vOsObOT"
And assuming we have such a font in our printer,
we'd get a
font that looks like this sentence for our footnotes.
Underline
Underliningis printingfeature,not a font attribute.
You can underlinein two ways: as a print feature,or with the – underline
character.If you backspaceand use the underlinecharacter,however,you
often find the underlinedoesn'tcomeout the samelengthas your text.
The underlinecommand works better. When you turn on the underline
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