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Print Pitch and Character Width
To add greater variety to your documents, the LQ-2500 can print in
three different pitches and perform proportional spacing. The SelecType
Pitch setting lets you set the
LQ
accordingly
The three pitches are: 10 characters per inch (pica), 12 characters per
inch (elite), and 15 characters per inch. The following printout compares
these
three pitches.
This is 10 pitch-- 10 characters per inch.
This is 12 pitch--12 characters per inch.
This is 15 pitch--
15 characters per inch.
As shown in the printout, 10 and 12 pitch characters are the same
height. Characters in 15 pitch, however, are about twothirds the height
of 10 and 12 pitch characters. This makes 15 pitch particularly useful
for footnotes, quotations, and any material you want to separate from
the main document.
Proportional spacing varies the width of each letter, depending on
whether its a narrow letter, like an i, or a wide letter, like a w. The three
pitches of 10, 12, and 15 change the width of
all the characters
equally.
Proportional varies the width of
each
individual character, as shown in
the following printout. Appendix B lists the proportional width tables.
This is lo-pitch spacing.
This is proportional spacing.
Table 5-1 shows the designated pitches for each font. To make the
fonts look their best, print them in their designated pitches.
You can print a font in a non-designated pitch, but the font won’t look
its best. For example, you can print the Roman font in 12 pitch, or
Prestige in 10 pitch. The LQ-2500 adjusts the pitch accordingly but the
spacing isn’t as precise as a designated pitch.
5-4
Using the LQ-2500 Print Features