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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Changing the font w/ lpr?
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 07:29:59 -0500
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pH wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Hi folks.
>
> I like to write my letters using jstar and then print them 
> like so:
>
> pr -o4 -t myfile | lpr
>
> After I see the pretty print I can do w/ libreoffice the plain old
> 10 pitch lineprinter font is kind of clunky.
>
> I'd really like to change it to 12 pitch at the least.  I'm a long time
> WordStar devotee and want to stick w/ good old jstar.
>
> I use LO when it seems the thing to do as when I want to embed photos in the
> text but....
>
> I've not see how/where to change the default pitch for lpr to use.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pureheart in Aptos

Check out the command-line program "enscript". Here's a line from a script I
wrote years ago, to print out a C/C++ file:

    enscript -P lp0 --media=Letter --landscape --truncate-lines --font="LucidaTypewriter7" --columns=2 $1

That's for a basic plaintext file, though.

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