Dot Matrix Printer Users Manual

A C
D 1
L s O
L c v
= D x 1
+ (
X 1
+ L
1 0
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A t v o t d i e c a w t s e m a t b
Next you must choosewhetherto make the car symbolan ascenderor a
descender.Thisdetermineshowthe characteris seatedon the line:
Ascender: !l~~h:
Descender: !...!:::,}!:’2
.,.,,.
Wedecidedthatourcarsymbolwillnotbea“descender”,so afigure“l” is
writtennexttoDescenderonthegrid.If yourcharacteris adescender,write
a “O”nextto Descender.
Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the
character.
Beingableto specifythe widthof the characterallowsyouto specifythe
precisearea insidethe grid that the characterwill occupy,so that narrow
characterswilllookattractivenextto wideones.
AcceptablevaluesfortheleftspaceareOto7, andthelastprintcolumnare
from4 to 11.
Ourcharacterwilloccupyfromcolumn1to column11,so theleft spaceis
Oandthe characterwidthdatais 11.
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