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MANAGING FONTS
Youcan sccwhichfontsarecuncntlyselectedon yourStarLaserPrinter8
byprintinga statussheetin offlinemode,asmentionedat thebeginningof
thischapter.AnotherTESTmodemenuitem,describedin theStar Luser-
Printer8 OperationsManual,alsoletsyouprintout a list of allthefonts
availableon theprinterat anygivenmoment.
Selectingfonts
Most popular softwarepackages,particularlyword processors,let you
choosefontsfromwithintheprogram.Theysendtheappropriatecommands
to theprinterandyoudon’tneedto understandhowtheydo it.A4uhiilfate
uscspitchto identifydifferentfonts,forexample,whileWordPerfect
uses
printformats.Thepointis,youmaynotevenhaveto worryaboutselecting
whichfontto use.
Butnotallpackagesdo thejob for you.If youarcinthissituation,youcan
selectanyfontattnbutcmentionedabove,eitherfromthe frontpanelor by
sendingan Escapesequencecommandin oneof the emulationmodes.
Ifyouuscthefrontpanelinprogrammode,you’llscctheseattnbutcsunder
theFontAttnbutcslevelof the EMULATIONAttributes menu.Just
press the
NEXT buttonto get to the font attnbutcyou wantto set, press
ENTER togettoitspossiblevalues,pressNEXT toscanthroughthem,and
finallypress
ENTER to slap in thevalueyouwant.
Theproceduresforselectinga fontfroma computerprogramis a bitmore
complicated,anddependson whichemulationmodeyou areusing.These
fontselectionmethodsaredetailedin thenext fourchapters.
Hints:Desktoppublishingandpage design
● Desktoppublishingsystcmshelpyou automateyourspecificationsfor
margins,coverdesign,typefaces,fontsizes,placementof graphicsand
regular features.You build the specificationsyou want in tempfates,
standardpagedesignsyoulatersimplycallup on yourscreenandfillin
withtext.
● Somcdcsktoppublishingsystems,suchasAldus’sPageMaker,arepage-
oncnted:you put each pagetogetherindividually.These are great for
shorter documents,such as newsletters,brochuresand letters. Other
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