In article <capd5f5o4mxgbx35dfnbl6bfkx6x6v0bl-_myln_qfwqdy4d...@mail.gmail.com>
you write:
[...]
>to draw a line or score underneath, to underline
>
>The character '_' does not have this function. It cannot indeed be
>used in this way. To call it an underscore is thus at once incorrect
>and rather silly. It is of a piece with Mr Gainford's misuse of the
>word 'anachronistic'.
Yes, it does provided that your printer has the ability to overprint.
You simply overprint the desired text with the '_' character.
Example using ASA control chars on a line printer:
+The word is underscored.
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