Laser Printer User Manual

Besidesthese,allinternalfontsdefaultto portraitorientation,uprightstyle

(notitalics)andmediumboldness.Thetablebelowshowstheirotherdefault

attributes:

Typeface

Spacing Pitch Font height

Courier

monospaced 10 12point

LinePrinter

monospaced

16.6 8.5point

Technically,youcanuseanyoftheStarLaserPrinter4’sresidentfontswhen

yousendcommandsemulatingaparticularprinter.Buteachemulationonly

printsproperlywiththefontsdesignedforit.Furthermore,youcanonlyuse

symbol sets, or arrangementsof those fonts, which that emulationcan

handle.So be awarethat, if you try using fontsother than those recom-

mended for a particularemulation,you will usually get printing in the

emulation’sdefaultfont.

If youwanta characterthat’snotin thefontyou’reusing,don’thesitateto

grabit. JustsendtheEscapesequencesthatselectyourdesiredsymbolset,

printwithit, thengo backto youroriginalfont.

3.4 MANAGINGFONTS

Youcan seewhichfontsarecurrentlyselectedon yourStarLaserPrinter4

byprintinga statussheetin offlinemode,asmentionedat thebeginningof

thischapter.AnotherTESTmodemenuitem,describedin the StarLuser-

Printer4 OperationsManual,alsolets youprintout a list of all the fonts

availableon theprinterat anygivenmoment.

3.4.1 Fonts

Most popular software packages,particularlyword processors,let you

choosefontsfromwithintheprogram.Theysendtheappropriatecommands

to theprinterandyou don’tneedto understandhowtheydo it.MultiMate

usespitchto identifydifferentfonts,for example,whileWordPe&ectuses

printformats.Thepointis, youmaynotevenhaveto worryaboutselecting

whichfontto use.

Butnotallpackagesdothejob foryou.If youareinthissituation,youcan

selectanyfontattributementionedabove,eitherfromthecontrolpanelor

by sendinganEscapesequencecommandin oneof theemulationmodes.

If youuse the controlpanelin programmode, selectCHARACTER.Just

pressthe [ > ] buttonto getto thefontattributeyouwantto set,press [ v ]