RE: death to word

["Paul Ambos" pambos@xxxxxxxx]

That is the confusion: "pitch" is a horizontal -- not vertical --
measurement of fonts, usually expressed in characters per inch. Some
typesetting programs (but not XyWrite) can adjust the pitch (as opposed to
character width) by inserting microspacing between the letters. Vertical
size specification is typically in points (a point is 1/72.27 inch, although
Adobe uses 1/72" exactly).

And your claim is not correct as regards Nota Bene 10 beta, at least, which
accepts a SZ command for, e.g., SZ12.5PT as well as through the ctrl-t
dialogue box. The latter lists whole numbers to choose from, but you can
type in any number in the space above the list.

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx




-----Original Message-----
From: xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx [mailto:xywrite-bounce@xxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frank Brownlow
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:41 PM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: death to word

It's a way of setting both the height and the width of the type. You
need a laser printer capable of Postscript printing. The argument of the
command sets pitch first, the width second, e.g., SZ 11PT,12Pt. This
form of the command works in XY4 & Signature, but not in NB. where one's
only option is the single number, e.g., SZ 12PT.

Frank.

On 4/17/2012 6:04 PM, Paul Ambos wrote:
> What is the difference between pitch and width and how would one adjust
> those aspects in XyWrite?
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Ambos
> pambos@xxxxxxxx
>