The routine gSetHardChars() switches the current character mode to hardware character mode. This mode takes effect when characters are subsequently output provided there has been no intervening call to gSetSoftChars() or gSetCharTransformMode(GON).
When hardware character mode is active, GINO tries to output characters using whatever character-generation facilities the device might have. If the device cannot generate characters within the limits required by gSetMixedChars(), non-italicized character-generation is requested, and if this fails, GINO will search for the nearest size of characters that the device can generate. If the device can generate no characters at all, they will be generated by GINO just as if gSetSoftChars() was called. Appendix B specifies what character generation facilities are provided by the device.
