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Large Letters: Double High

Let’s stack two characters, one on top of the other, with these

changes:

10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"l"CHR$(27)"Ul";

100 LPRINT "A"

110 LPRINT "B"

200 DATA 16,32,95,0,64,0,127,0,63,0,0

210 DATA 14,0,123,0,3,0,123,01127,0,15

Line 10 changes the lines spacing to 7-dot and turns on Unidirectional

Mode for precise alignment of the two lines. If there are slight gaps

between rows, change the line spacing to 6-2/3-dot with

CHR§(27)“3”CHR$(20).

With a little imagination, you can create some dynamite patterns

by combining characters.

Giant Letters: Double High and Double Wide

For even larger type styles, you can design letters that are both two

characters tall and two characters wide. This gives you an

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matrix. If you have a 7-bit system, you will have to skip to “Core

Sets,” below.

Which ASCII numbers can be use to store the four characters that

will make up each letter? A quick glance at the ASCII chart (Appendix

A) shows that there are four symbols that readily relate to each letter

of the alphabet. They are the upper- and lowercase versions of each

letter in its Roman and Italic typefaces. For example, the letter G could

be designed using the following four ASCII codes:

CHRS(71) Uppercase Roman G

CHR$(103) Lowercase Roman g

CHR§(199) Uppercase Italic G

CHR$(231) Lowercase Italic g

Such usage is shown in Figure 16-2.

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