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determines its width. To define how you want your primary font spaced, send
this command:
<ESC> (s n P
in which for n you put 0 (zero) to get monospaced,
or 1 (one) to get pxoportional spacing.
If you specify proportional spacing it doesn’t matter if you also specify pitch,
because spacing is a higher priority font attribute. The printer will just ignore
the pitch request.
To define spacing for your secondary font, use the same numbers and just flip
the parenthesis:
<ES0 )s n P
Pitch
Pitch defines how many characters per inch you want for a monospaced-
pitch font. Your Star LaserPrinter 8111’s internal monospaced-pitch fonts
have settings of IO.12 or 16.66 characters per inch. Cartridge or downloaded
fonts with monospaced pitches often have other settings for characters per
inch.
To select the pitch you want for the primary font, send this command:
<ES0 (s it H
where for n you put in how many characters per inch you want. For example,
<ES0 (s 12 H will pack twelve characters into each inch.
The corresponding pitch command for the secondary font is:
<ES0 )s n H
You can use a different command instead of these for general character pitch
setting. This command, since it doesn’t have parentheses, covers both the
primary and secondary fonts. It looks like this:
<ESC> &k n S
For n you enter a pitch code from the following table:
CHARACTERS PER INCH
PITCH CODE n
10 cpi (pica)
0 (zero)
16.66 cpi (condensed)
2
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