Tally Genicom T5023+ - Manual (Page 148)

Definition of characters Character set commands
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– On a dot grid, dots may not be set directly beside each other hori-
zontally. A dot position must remain free to the right and to the left
of each dot to be printed.
– In normal print, the complete width of a character (including the left
and the right space) is fixed. Each character occupies 12 (draft) or
36 (LQ) horizontal dot positions. With proportional spacing, only the
number of horizontal dots is printed specified by the character def-
inition (see the next section “Encryption of the dot pattern”). The
maximum complete width of a proportional character is 42 dots.
– The complete width of the space, i. e. the distance to the next or
previous character, can be divided up at will between the left and/
or right space, for example, left space = 0, right space = 3 or left
space = 2, right space = 1 with the complete width of the space as
3 dots (draft).
– For superscript and subscript characters, the same dot grids can be
used depending on the print quality and print mode. They are 16
dots high and 12 dots (draft), 36 dots (LQ) or maximally 42 dots
(proportional) wide. With superscript characters the upper 16 nee-
dles of the print head are used, with subscript characters the lower
16 needles.
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