46. A printing system in accordance with claim 45, further comprising: (a) a page memory for storing a page of information to be printed, coupled to the means for causing the readout of words, for storing individual characters which have been read out from the font storage memory for storing a plurality of characters in either the first or second direction; and (b) control means, coupled to the means for causing the readout of words, for selecting either the first or second direction of readout to cause a selected character to be stored in the page memory in a first orientation or a second orientation rotated 180.degree. with respect to the first orientation.
46. A printing system in accordance with claim 45, further comprising: (a) a page memory for storing a page of information to be printed, coupled to the means for causing the readout of words, for storing individual characters which have been read out from the font storage memory for storing a plurality of characters in either the first or second direction; and (b) control means, coupled to the means for causing the readout of words, for selecting either the first or second direction of readout to cause a selected character to be stored in the page memory in a first orientation or a second orientation rotated 180.degree. with respect to the first orientation. 47. A printing system in accordance with claim 46, wherein the font storage memory stores each character with orientations consisting of a first orientation and second orientation rotated 90.degree. with respect to the first orientation.