Specifications

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DC2 'Y' n Character Rotation
Code 12H 59H n
Function Selects the direction of rotation of 1-byte and 2-byte characters.
Only two low-order bits are valid.
n = 0: Cancel character rotation.
n = 1: Rotate the character 90° clockwise.
n = 2: Rotate the character 90° counterclockwise.
n = 3: Ignore the command.
If the character is decorated, the decorated character is rotated.
Character decoration applies to a line. If the character rotation is doubled vertically, it is doubled
in the Y direction (character widths are doubled). If the width is doubled, the character is
doubled in the X direction (characters are doubled vertically).
Character rotation cannot be underlined.
The following characters can be rotated:
• Extended graphics characters
• Katakana characters
• Codepage 1252
• Download characters
• Kanji
• Kanji quarter size characters
• User-defined characters
Optional fonts cannot be rotated.
The four rightmost dots of 24  16 dots fonts of extended graphics characters and Katakana
characters are not printed.
When download characters are in 24-dot fonts, they are printed as 24  12 dots. Therefore, the
fonts must be 12 dots or less.
If character rotation and vertical writing are specified in Kanji mode, vertical writing is given
priority.
Default n=0 (Cancel character rotation)