Large Letters: Double High; Giant Letters: Double High And Double Wide - Epson FX Series User Manual

Large Letters: Double High

Let's stack two characters, one on top of the other, with these
changes:
10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"l"CHR$(27)"Ul";
100 LPRINT "A"
110 LPRINT "B"
2 0 0 D A T A 1 6 , 3 2 , 9 5 , 0 , 6 4 , 0 , 1 2 7 , 0 , 6 3 , 0 , 0
2 1 0 D A T A 1 4 , 0 , 1 2 3 , 0 , 3 , 0 , 1 2 3 , 0 1 1 2 7 , 0 , 1 5
Line 10 changes the lines spacing to 7-dot and turns on Unidirectional
Mode for precise alignment of the two lines. If there are slight gaps
between rows, change the line spacing to 6-2/3-dot with
CHR§(27)"3"CHR$(20).
With a little imagination, you can create some dynamite patterns
by combining characters.

Giant Letters: Double High and Double Wide

For even larger type styles, you can design letters that are both two
characters tall and two characters wide. This gives you an
matrix. If you have a 7-bit system, you will have to skip to "Core
Sets," below.
Which ASCII numbers can be use to store the four characters that
will make up each letter? A quick glance at the ASCII chart (Appendix
A) shows that there are four symbols that readily relate to each letter
of the alphabet. They are the upper- and lowercase versions of each
letter in its Roman and Italic typefaces. For example, the letter G could
be designed using the following four ASCII codes:
CHRS(71) Uppercase Roman G
CHR$(103) Lowercase Roman g
CHR§(199) Uppercase Italic G
CHR$(231) Lowercase Italic g
Such usage is shown in Figure 16-2.
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