To
print large text
on
the screen
in
graphics modes 1 and
2,
use
PR
INT
#6
; fo
ll
owed by quotes and then the text that you want to print.
This statement
is
a variation
on
the
PR
I
NT
command that you lea
rn
ed
earlier.
Now
li
st the program Change MODE to mode and run the prog ram.
MO
DE
turns green. Type
LI
ST
20.
Us
in
g the Inverse Video
key~,
change mode
in
line 20 to
I:[u~l#'
and run the program.
MO
DE
now
turns
bl
ue
.
Li
st the
li
ne
again and change
l:u1I2ii1
to'Zt,t'H''?J
an
d run
the program. Now
MODE is red.
En
ter and run the fo
ll
owi
ng
progr
am
:
NEW
J.9
REM
**
COLORFUL
TEXT
29
GRAPHICS
J.
39
PRINT
U6;
"ORANGE"
49
PRINT
U6;
"
green"
59
PRINT
u6;
".,t·1;!:M;!.lliiI"
69
PRINT
U6;
"
~"
79
PRINT
"
COLORFUL
TEXT
"
RUN
As
you can see, graphics mode 1 is capable of display
in
g five colors
at
th
e same ti
me-four
di
fferent text colors and one background color.
T
he
colors can also be 'changed
by
usi
ng
S
ET
CO
L
OR
according to
th
e
guidelines outlin
ed
in
the following chart:
Register
Default Color Character Style
Color#
LUM
0
Orange
Uppercase
2
8
1
Light green
Lowercase 12
10
2 Dark bl
ue
Inverse uppercase 9
4
3
Red
Inverse lowercase 4
6
4
Black
Background 0 0
Type S
ET
CO
LOR 4,15,
5.
Reg
ister 4 (the background) changes to a
reddi
sh
orange. But now the dark blue text is difficult to read. U
se
S
ET
CO
L
OR
to change it. Accordi
ng
to the chart, register 2 controls
t
he
dark bl
ue
text. S
ET
CO
L
OR
2,8,6 does the tri
ck
by mak
in
g the dark
bl
ue
text a
li
ttle bit lighter. Add the fo
ll
ow
i
ng
li
nes to the Colorful Text
progra
m:
J.99
FOR
COLOR=9
TO
J.5
J.J.9
SETCOLOR
2
..
COLOR
..
8
J.29
FOR
DELAV=J.
TO
499:
NEXT
DELAV
J.
3 9 NE
XT
COLOR
71
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