Z Ŀ (c) 1984 Hammerlab Corporation. Please Press ? . Updated: July 5, 1985 ? ELETTRIX Software Improves PC PrintingF With LETTRIX, your word processor or other software can print letter-quality text on your EPSON, IBM, STAR, PANASONIC, OKIDATA, or CITIZEN printer: \j Proportionally spaced text Eset automatically to your software's marginsF. Twenty different typefaces. Seven may be used in a single file. Variable pitch from 24 to 2 characters per inch. Variable line-spacing from 1 to 12 lines per inch. Custom characters of your own design (no graphics display needed). All western foreign languages, including Russian, Greek, and Hebrew. \HHigh\h, \WWide\w, and \W\Hbig\w\h letters. Press to see this Press to see this letter subject! letter subject! L Starting LETTRIX ` Foreign languages \ Formatting Commands G Greek [ Hebrew E Lettrix Examples { Russian  Controlling Lettrix % Scientific Printing D Designing your own letters O Okidata printers & A typeface Sampler M Microsoft Word $ Buying Lettrix X XyWrite L EStarting LETTRIXF \j Turn on your Personal Computer. Insert the DOS diskette into drive A: Enter the date if your system asks for it. Remove the DOS diskette from drive A: Insert the LETTRIX diskette into drive A:. Type the command for your printer: IBM Graphics, OKIDATA, Epson RX/FX, Gemini/Delta XPC....... LX COURIER IBM PROPRINTER.................. LX/P COURIER Epson MX, Riteman............... LX/M COURIER Gemini, Delta................... LX/S COURIER Gemini X, Delta X............... LX/X COURIER C.Itoh 8510 EP.................. LX/C COURIER You can load up to seven typefaces. For example: LX COURIER GOTHIC BROADWAY Remove the LETTRIX diskette from drive A: Insert your word-processing or other program diskette into drive A:, and print from it as you would normally. LETTRIX will improve print-quality automatically. EControlling LETTRIXF \j Once LETTRIX is loaded, you can switch to its menu at any time, even while Ŀ Ŀ using other software, by holding down the Right key while  Shift pressing the key. Try it now! To turn LETTRIX formats on or off, just press an upper or lower-case letter. To change the current typeface, press a number key. To adjust a parameter, press its key, then use the + and - keys. LETTRIX will shut itself off automatically if any software attempts to print ĿĿ graphics. To switch LETTRIX back on, just press Right  Shift \ ELettrix Formatting CommandsF Besides using your word-processor's normal commands, you can insert LETTRIX commands anywhere in your text to control special LETTRIX features. For example: \Iitalic on \iitalic off. For more info about a command, press its key! Several commands are handled by each screen in this demonstration. \j\Q On Off On -------------------------- ---------------------- \P \p Proportional \1 1st Typeface \J \j Justification \2 2nd Typeface \U \u Underlining * \3 3rd Typeface \I \i Italics * \4 4th Typeface \B \b Bold Printing * \5 5th Typeface \S \s Subscript * \6 6th Typeface \F \f Footnote * \7 7th Typeface \H \h double Height ^ Accent \W \w double Width * \# Change Pitch \C \c Compressed * \" Lines-per-inch * \Q Quiet (ignore \ ) \- Add width \N \n align Numbers ' Initial Commands \> Indent * Your software's commands for these formats will work as well. N EAlign NumbersF This is a very special purpose command that only effects LETTRIX when justification is off. It causes LETTRIX to monospace numbers whether proportional spacing is on or not. For example a column of numbers: \j (justification off) \n (number alignment off) $1,000,000 $9,111,111 $2,888 \N (number alignment ON) $1,000,000 $9,111,111 $2,888 LETTRIX starts with Number alignment ON. = ETurn off commandsF If you place the \Q Quiet command anywhere in your text, LETTRIX will no longer be affected by \ commands. You'll want to place this command at the start of program listings or set it manually in the LETTRIX menu before printing program listings or directory listings containing the \ character. HBIUE EA Lettrix ExampleF You can use your word-processor's built-in commands for underlining, italics, boldfacing, subscripts, and superscripts. Or, you can use LETTRIX commands: \Bboldface\b, \Uunderline\u, \Iitalic\i, \Wwide\w, \Hhigh, \Wwide & high.\w\h \1This is the first typeface. \2This is the second. \3This is the third. \1 Lettrix commands consist of a \ followed by a single letter or number. Upper-case letters turn something ON, lower-case letters turn something OFF. To preserve alignment of columns, turn off line justification with j: \j Item Price Sales Revenue Apple $0.10 $100 $10.00 \J(justification on) If your software tries to print graphics such as pie or bar charts, LETTRIX will shut itself off. To turn LETTRIX on again, just press right shift . 1234567 EThe TypefacesF \j Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Ŀ Typewriter Faces Fancy Faces Ŀ Language Technic Ĵ ROMAN Ĵ Ĵ Ĵ PRESTIGE FOLIO OLDELISH ENGRAVED SHADOW CYRILLIC FORMULA COURIER GOTHIC BROADWAY ABCBLOCK ARTDECO GREEK OCR-A BANKER ORATOR WESTERN OUTLINE PARKAVE HEBREW You can load up to seven typefaces with LETTRIX. You can switch to a typeface at any place in your text by inserting a backslash character ( \ ) followed by the typeface's number in your chosen list. For instance, if you load LETTRIX by typing: LX COURIER GOTHIC OLDELISH OCR-A CYRILLIC GREEK HEBREW then in your text file you could access each typeface        as follows: \1these \2words \3would \4be in \5different \6type \7faces! O ESo you have an OKIDATA...F Any OKIDATA printer used with LETTRIX must have the OKIDATA EPlug & PlayF option installed inside it. EPlug & PlayF is a chip that allows an OKIDATA to imitate most of the functions of the IBM graphics printer, including graphics and special IBM characters. If you are buying a new Okidata, you can have Plug & Play installed at the factory at no additional charge. If you already have an Okidata, you can order Plug and Play by calling Okidata at 1-800-OKIDATA (1-609-235-2600 in New Jersey). Ask for the Logistics Department and order by giving one of the product numbers below: \j Printer Model Plug & Play Model # Price ---------------------------------------------------------- 84 7000-1701 $89.95 92 7000-1801 $49.95 93 7000-1901 $49.95 Plug & Play comes with complete instructions for easy installation. The Okidata 82 and 83 printers may not be used with LETTRIX. X ESpecial Notes for XyWrite UsersF LETTRIX will not be able to recognize the right-shift  command while you are using XyWrite. Instead, you should exit to DOS using the XyWrite Do or Quit command, press right-shift , then return to XyWrite. For XyWrite PLUS to work with LETTRIX properly, you must use the modified version of EPSON.PRN enclosed on your LETTRIX diskette. M ESpecial Notes for Microsoft Word UsersF \Q You must load the MOUSE driver after LX (the LETTRIX driver) in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. You must also use the modified .PRD files contained in the \MSTOOLS directory on the LETTRIX diskette. To copy them to your working Word disk, place the LETTRIX diskette in A: and type COPY A:\MSTOOLS B:\MSTOOLS where B: is the drive containing your working Word disk. $ EBuying LETTRIXF Ask for LETTRIX at your local computer software dealer. If he doesn't have it, order it directly from Hammerlab. Charge it to your MC or VISA by calling: 1-800-351-4500 or (203) 776-5699 Price: $98.50 Included is a 40 page manual chock full of examples as well as an attractive vinyl storage folder. Or send a personal or company check to: Hammerlab Corporation 5700 Arlington Avenue Riverdale, NY 10471 Corporate or Government purchase orders are accepted only by mail; Net 15 terms. PJ>/ EJustification, Proportional Spacing, and IndentingF Our word-processor created a flush right-hand margin in this paragraph by adding extra spaces between words. LETTRIX will space all the letters proportionately, then add extra space between words and letters to preserve the length of each line. \j With LETTRIX justification off, each line is free to assume its actual length caused by the actual width of each letter. \J You must turn off justification, either in the LETTRIX menu or in your text, for all tabs and columns to line-up properly: \j Item Price Sales Revenue Apple $0.10 $100 $10.00 \J If you want to maintain a flush right margin, you can 1) \>Use the > command to indicate the start of a new tab. \T5 2) Use the T command to tell LETTRIX to recognize a number of consecutive spaces, here five, as a tab. Six is the initial setting of T. #W- ELetter Spacing and Wide CharactersF You can change the number of letters-per-inch printed by LETTRIX by inserting the # command into your text. For example: \#12 This is twelve characters/inch, commonly called "elite" pitch. \#14 The PRESTIGE and FOLIO typefaces look good at fourteen characters per inch. Others look cramped. \#10 Here we are at ten characters/inch, the initial LETTRIX setting. \WWide words will not change the margin,\w when proportionally spacing, so you should insert extra spaces after \Wwide words\w\---- with the dash command to leave space. We like to set a margin of zero in our word-processor and let LETTRIX add the left margin itself with the M command. \M8\#12 Now we have an additional left margin of 8/12" even though we have used the entire 80 character line for 12-pitch text. JUSTIFICATION MUST ALWAYS BE ON FOR TEXT TO CENTER PROPERLY " ELine SpacingF You can change the number of lines-per-inch printed by LETTRIX by inserting the " command into your text. For example: \"8 This is eight lines-per-inch. Some typewriters have this setting, especially those that print in "elite" pitch. \"6 This is six lines-pre-inch. It is the initial LETTRIX setting. LETTRIX can vary linespacing from 1 to 12 lines/inch. You should set your word-processor to advance pages using form-feeds (FF) to insure proper page alignment if you change lines-per-inch inside a document. SFC ESubscripting and Superscripting with LETTRIXF If your software produces subscripts and superscripts by half-linefeeding, as does WordStar and Multimate, they will not line-up properly when LETTRIX proportional spacing is on. You can use the LETTRIX "S" and "F" backslash commands instead for sub and superscripting with proportional spacing. Here is a superscript, often used to indicate a Footnote:\F1\f. Here is a subscript:\S2\s. ECompressed CharactersF When your software compresses text, or you use the LETTRIX "C" command, the LETTRIX margin is cut in half. For example: \C This text is compressed. Even though it is a full eighty characters wide, this text measures only four inches across instead of the normal eight. \c Here we are back with normal text. Note that if you imbed a Compress command in the middle of a line, \Clike this\c, it will throw off the right margin. ' EInitial CommandsF \j\Q You can start LETTRIX printing in a given format by entering commands after the LX command preceded by an ': LX COURIER BANKER '\p\2 The above example loads LETTRIX with proportional printing OFF and the second typeface selected, in this case, BANKER. You can also change the character that LETTRIX uses to indicate commands from the \ character to another one by specifying it directly after the ' character: LX COURIER BANKER '&p&2 The above command is identical to the preceding one with the exception that the LETTRIX command character has been changed from \ to &. If we had just wanted to change the command from \ to &, we could have typed: LX COURIER BANKER '& D EDesigning Typefaces with LXDESIGNF With a backup copy of LETTRIX in the current drive, type the command for your printer: \p IBM, OKIDATA, Epson RX/FX, Gemini/Delta XPC................ LXDESIGN (uses *.LXH typeface files) Epson MX, Riteman............... LXDESIGN/M (uses *.LXM typeface files) Gemini, Delta................... LXDESIGN/S (uses *.LXM typeface files) Gemini X, Delta X............... LXDESIGN/X (uses *.LXH typeface files) C.Itoh 8510 EP.................. LXDESIGN/C (uses *.LXH typeface files) followed by an existing or new typeface name. For instance: LXDESIGN/M NEWFACE The LXDESIGN menu will appear, and after a few seconds, the first character of the typeface will appear in the character design box. You can use the keys detailed in the right-hand half of the screen to edit the typeface. Start by pressing the + and - keys to move through the typeface. Typefaces can be copied and renamed just like files, because they are files! Just remember which family of files your printer uses, as indicated to the right of the LXDESIGN commands above. & \j A LETTRIX Typeface Sampler: \1Courier ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \2Gothic ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \3Old English ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \4OCR-A ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \1Russian \5ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \1Greek \6ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz%&\|?/{} \1Hebrew \7ABCDEFHIKLMNOPQSTUVWXYabcdefhiklmnoprstuvwxy \1 Press the space bar to print this screen. ` EIBM Graphics Characters for Foreign LanguagesF Most word-processors, including XyWrite, Word, PC-Write, Officewriter, Volkswriter, and Multimate, allow you to enter special characters into your text by holding down the Alt key while typing a three digit code on the numeric pad at the extreme right of your PC keyboard: \j 128 133 138 143 148 153 158 163 168 129 134 139 144 149 154 159 164 169 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 173 131 136 141 146 151 156 161 166 174 132 137 142 147 152 157 162 167 175 \J Check your word-processor manual for details. If one of the typefaces you specify after "LX" when loading Lettrix is PRESTIGE, COURIER, FOLIO, or GOTHIC, Lettrix will print these characters. For a chart of special characters, refer to the LETTRIX manual. DO NOT PRESS THE SPACE BAR TO PRINT THIS SCREEN since, when printing normally, your printer may use some of the above characters as control characters. ^ ELettrix AccentingF When printing with Lettrix, any punctuation mark after the ^ character will print as an accent: a^', a^", a^^, a^` e^', e^", e^^, e^` Espan^~ol, Hablare^' i^', i^", i^^, i^` o^', o^", o^^, o^` u^', u^", u^^, u^` Print this screen by pressing the space bar! { ELETTRIX CYRILLICF The CYRILLIC typeface allows you to print the Russian language. To see the Russian keyboard, press the space bar now! \5\p ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = Q W E R T Y U I O P { } q w e r t y u i o p [ ] A S D F G H J K L : " ~ a s d f g h j k l ; ' ` | Z X C V B N M < > ? \ z x c v b n m , . / \1\P Just specify CYRILLIC as one of your Lettrix typefaces, and switch to it by its number in your text. G ELettrix GREEKF By combining the GREEK typeface with the accenting feature, you can print most Greek text with all accidentals: \6 Pa^'ntev a^/nyropoi tou^^ ei^}de^'nai o^}re^'gontai fu^'sei. shmei^^on d~ h^{ tw^^n ai^}syh^'sewn a^}ga^'phsiv: kai^` ga^`r cwri^`v th^^v crei^'av a^}gapw^^ntai di, au^{ta^'v, kai^` ma^'lista tw^^n a^?llwn h^{ dia^` tw^^n o^}mma^'twn. \p ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = Q W E R T Y U I O P { } q w e r t y u i o p [ ] A S D F G H J K L : " ~ a s d f g h j k l ; ' ` | Z X C V B N M < > ? \ z x c v b n m , . / \1\P Press the space bar! [ IT'S EASY TO PRINT EHEBREWF WITH LETTRIX! By using the HEBREW typeface with LETTRIX, you can print out ALL Hebrew letters and vowels--just designate the typeface HEBREW when loading LETTRIX and switch to it by number in your text.\7\p .hfy SkyrTl yK SkyrTlB smtshl vhoa yna !@ & %&! % & %&!& $@&%& $ %@ \1\P As in the example above, your Hebrew text must read from right to left. Place vowel marks for consonants under them on the next line. You must turn proportional spacing OFF with "p" for vowels in the line below a line of text to line-up properly.\7\p ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = Q W E R T Y U I O P { } q w e r t y u i o p [ ] A S D F G H J K L : " ~ a s d f g h j k l ; ' ` | Z X C V B N M < > ? \ z x c v b n m , . / \1\P % ESpecial IBM Characters for ScienceF You can print most formulas with LETTRIX by switching off proportional spacing. You can reduce linespacing to make superscripts appear more convincing. \p\"9 2 2 2 u u u u p u u u + u + v + w = x - + u + + 2 t x y z x x y z 1 \"6 Word, Volkswriter, Multimate, Officewriter, PC-Write, and XyWrite allow you to enter these characters by typing a three digit code on the numeric pad at the extreme right of your PC keyboard while holding down the ALT or Shift ALT key. 214 218 244 191 183 Long division x(yd) Brackets, 186 179 179 179 205 line made with integrals, 211 192 244 217 189 adjacent 196's: u(te) and other 171 226 230 234 238 242 248 252 scientific 172 227 231 235 239 243 249 253 characters: 224 228 232 236 240 246 250 225 229 233 237 241 247 251