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Now the FX-80 offers you a Proportional Mode. In this mode, char-
acters are printed with a uniform amount of blank space between
them, which produces much more readable text. For the user, the only
drawback to printing everything in Proportional Mode is the dif-
ficulty of lining up characters in vertical columns. This makes listings
and tables look silly (when not unreadable).
Here's an example of the difference between Monospaced and Pro-
portional Modes. Enter:
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lli3 LPRINT "!!!!!!!!!!!!";
2li3 LPRINT CHR$(27)"pl"
4li3 LPRINT "!! !!!!!!!!!!PROPORTIONAL ON"
6li3 LPRINT CHR$(27)"pli3";
7li3 LPRINT "!!!!!PROPORTIONAL OFF"
8li3 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@"
,
,
,
,
I
:
I
,
I
,
I
,
.
.
!!!!!!!!!!!!PROPORTIONAL ON
! ' ,
!
'PROPORTIONAL OFF
Lines 10 and 40 print the same number of exclamation marks, but the
characters from line 40 are packed more closely. Proportional Mode
prints the characters in Emphasized Mode and strips off all unused
space between characters.
The (ESC) "pl" turns on the Proportional Mode (just as a "1" or
CHR$(I) is used to initiate (ESC) "W"). If your keyboard doesn't
have lower-case characters, change line 20 to
LPRINT CHR$(27)CHR$(112)"1"
The shut-off switch for Proportional print is (ESC) "pO". This puts
the printer back into the mode that it was in before it entered Propor-
tional Mode. As an example, if Proportional Mode is entered from
Compressed Mode, (ESC) "pO" returns the printer to that mode.
Since all Proportional characters are Emphasized, it makes sense
that Proportional characters, like Emphasized, can only be printed in
Pica pitch, not Elite or Compressed. In addition, Proportional print
cannot be mixed with Double-Strike Mode.
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