Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!eurtrx!euraiv1!jvte
From: jvte@euraiv1.UUCP (Jan van 't Ent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: LaserJet + Extended Character Set
Message-ID: <798@euraiv1.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 19:46:24 GMT
References: <3585@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Erasmus University EF/AIV,Rotterdam,Netherlands
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benh@pnet01.cts.com (B. Humphreys) writes:
>How can you get a + to do the box characters?  Soft fonts?  $250 for a
>cartridge?  ...
There are some possibilities, but in most cases you have to do a bit of
programming too.  I don't think there are many soft fonts or cartridges
with a true IBM ext.char.set such as the LaserJetII has.  That means you
must provide a program with a translation table to convert the special
characters to something like a Postion-Minus-Position-Vertical-Position
combination for a simple LeftUpperEdge ... (Although with a font with
the linedraw set it may be easier.)
<Jan v't Ent>