MANAGING FONTS
Youcan sccwhichfontsarecuncntlyselectedon yourStarLaserPrinter8
byprintinga statussheetin offlinemode,asmentionedat thebeginningof
thischapter.AnotherTESTmodemenuitem,describedin theStar Luser-
Printer8 OperationsManual,alsoletsyouprintout a listof all thefonts
availableon theprinterat anygivenmoment.
Selectingfonts
Most popular software packages,particularlyword processors,let you
choosefontsfromwithintheprogram.Theysendtheappropriatecommands
to theprinterandyoudon’tneedto understandhowtheydo it.A4uhiilfate
uscspitchto identifydifferentfonts,forexample,whileWordPerfect
uses
printformats.Thepointis,youmaynotevenhavetoworryaboutselecting
whichfontto use.
Butnotallpackagesdothejob foryou.If youarcinthissituation,youcan
selectanyfontattnbutcmentionedabove,eitherfromthe frontpanelor by
sendinganEscapesequencecommandin oneof theemulationmodes.
Ifyouuscthefrontpanelinprogrammode,you’llscctheseattnbutcsunder
theFontAttnbutcslevelof the EMULATIONAttributes menu.Just
pressthe
NEXT buttonto get to the font attnbutcyou wantto set, press
ENTER togettoitspossiblevalues,pressNEXT toscanthroughthem,and
finallypress
ENTER to slapin thevalueyouwant.
Theproceduresforselectinga fontfroma computerprogramis a bitmore
complicated,anddependson whichemulationmodeyouareusing.These
fontselectionmethodsaredetailedin thenextfourchapters.
Hints:Desktoppublishingandpage design
● Desktoppublishingsystcmshelp you automateyourspecificationsfor
margins,coverdesign,typefaces,fontsizes,placementof graphicsand
regular features.You build the specificationsyou want in tempfates,
standardpagedesignsyoulatersimplycallupon 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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