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Assigning a value of character space
Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character, this printer
allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character
will print. You must specify the dot column in which the printed character
starts and the dot column in which the character ends. Why, you may ask,
would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defining the
overall width of the character'?Because this printer's proportional character
definitions can also be used to print normal width characters, and by
centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good
even if you are not printing them proportionally.
The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space
to be allowed on either side of it. The left space (in dot columns) is specified
by
and the right space is specified by
byte
specifies
the width of the character in dots. By varying the width of the character itself
and the spaces around it, you can actually create proportional width charac-
ters.
When defining characters, the number of printed columns
and the sum
of side spaces and the character width (mO+
+
cannot exceed the
value shown below.
Character mode
+
+
Draft characters
9
12
LQ pica characters
31
36
LQ elite characters
27
30
LQ semi-condensed
19
24
LQ proportional
37
42
Draft super/subscript
7
12
LQ super/subscript
19
36
LQ prop. super/subscript
37
42
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