PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Syntax Summary
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Table A-1. Escape Sequences
Metacharacters Description
\! Comment line
\- Discretionary hyphen
\\ Literal trigger character
\# Required blank
\. Required carriage return (break)
\< Symbolic backspace
\> Symbolic horizontal tab
\& Symbolic word concatenator
\% Hanging indent (used by TFORMCVT when
converting T-TEXT to TFORM)
\= Required microspace
Rendition Controls Description
\BOLD text Print text in boldface type
\FONT text Change the font of the text
\DOWN text Print text as a subscript
\OVERSTRIKE text Overprint text with overstrike character
\SHADOW text Print text in shadow type
\UNDERLINE text Underline all of text
\UP text Print text as a superscript
\[VALUE](exp\) Replace this sequence with string value of exp