PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Escape Sequences
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Backspace Symbol The backspace symbol is a trigger character followed by a “less than” sign.
It looks like this:
\<
When TFORM sees this metacharacter, it moves the print position to the
left one space before resuming printing. You can use this metacharacter to
print composite characters such as ¢, ≠, and 6. A number of other
possibilities exist, particularly for foreign-language applications. When
using proportional pitch, you may have to do some experimentation to
determine which character should be overprinted on which because of the
differences in character widths. You must also remember to double any
backslash character you use in a composite character. TFORM recognizes a
double backslash as a literal trigger and prints it as a single backslash.
Required Blank
The required blank is a trigger character followed by a “pound” sign. It
looks like this:
\#
TFORM prints this as a blank but handles it as if it were part of a word.
That is, if you have two words with \# between them instead of a blank,
TFORM prints them as two separate words, but keeps them on the same
line as if they were one word, does not insert extra space between them
when justifying, and does not compress the space between them when
using proportional pitch.