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You probably won’t change symbol sets very often, unless you need special
symbols for your trade or regularly write in a language other than English.
Your printer supports sets containing just symbols, such as the Greek
alphabet(j?),logicsymbols(s), arrows(~), theregistered trademark symbol
(09)and so on.
3.3.2 Default font attributes
When you power on your printer, the internal fonts start off with default
attributes which you can change as needed. The default symbol sets is
Roman-8.
Technically, you can use any of the Star LaserPrinter 4111’sresident fonts
when you send commands. If you want a character that’s not in the font
you’re using, don’t hesitate to grab it. Just send the Escape sequences that
select your desired symbol set, print with it, then go back to your original
font.
3.4 MANAGING FONTS
You can see which fonts are currently selected on your StarLaserPrinter 4111
by printing a status sheet in offline mode, as mentioned at the beginning of
this chapter. Another TEST mode menu item, described in the Srar
La.~erPrinter4111Operations Munuul, also lets you print out a list of all the
fonts available on the printer at any given moment.
3.4.1 Selecting fonts
Most popular software packages, particularly word processors, let you
choose fonts from within the program. They sendthe appropriatecommands
to the printer and you don’t need to understand how they do it. MultiMafe
usespitch to identify different fonts, for example, while WordPerfect uses
print formats. The point is, you may not even have to worry about selecting
which font to use.
But not all packages do thejob for you. If you are in this situation, you can
selectany font attributementioned above, either from the controlpanelorby
sending an Escape sequence command.
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