Star Micronics Radix User Manual page 140

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This can lead to confusion if you have accidentally specified both
types of download characters.
Hi ssi ssi ppi
ROM char set,
normal 5pacing.
I"li ssi ssi ppi
RAM char set,
normal spacing.
Mississippi
RAM chat- set,
proportianal 5pacing.
Figure 11-14. This printout shows the same text, printed with the some download
characters, in both normal and proportional widths.
Table
11-2
Download character printing con
1 Function I Control cot
nmands
le
I
Normal download characters ON 1 (ES.3 "$'*
CHR$(l)
Normal download characters 01
FF
I
1 (ESC) "$" CHR$(O)
Proportional download characters ON
I(1
' ESC) "X" CHR$(l)
Prcmortional download characters OFF 1 (ESC) "X"
CHR$(O)
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Connecting characters
As we noted earlier, it's possible to connect proportional
width characters. This can be useful for creating logos or other
characters which are larger than one normal character. It also
makes it possible to create connecting scripts, like handwriting.
The trick to this is to specify the width in the attribute byte to be
exactly the same as the number of columns of dots that the charac-
ter (or partial character) occupies. And, if you change the vertical
spacing to
7/72"
(use the (ESC)
"1"
command), you can make
characters connect vertically. This allows you to make very large
characters indeed!
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