Text Commands; Text At - Xerox DocuPrint 96MX Forms Creation Manual

FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

TEXT commands

Font requirement
Using space options in text placement

TEXT AT

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At least one font must be specified before any text can be specified.
The FONT setup command is used, and only one such command
can be given for any one form. After the fonts are specified, they are
referenced in the form description, not by their identification name but
by an index number, beginning with 1 for the first font specified, 2 for
the second, and so forth.
The number of fonts that may be specified depends on their size, the
number of fonts used in the variable data, and the size of font
memory. Once a font number is specified in a TEXT command, it
remains in effect until a new font index is specified. If no font number
is specified in any TEXT command, the system uses FONT 1 as the
default substitute.
Two methods are available for specifying the text that is to be put on
forms. One places the text at a specified location anywhere on the
form. The other places text inside a box.
FDL provides you with control over vertical line spacings and
horizontal character placement. The SPACED parameter in the
TEXT command is used to control the amount of vertical space
between two lines of text. Character spacing cannot be overridden.
However, each proportionally spaced font contains six space
characters of various widths to facilitate adjusting line length for text
applications.
Example:
TEXT SPACED 150 DOTS FONT 2;
The following option allows you to print text in specific locations.
HORIZONTAL TEXT
VERTICAL
[ALIGNED] LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
TOP
BOTTOM
AT y [unit] x [unit] 'text' ['text'] . . . ;
d Amount of vertical space occupied by a line of text. All specifications
except lpi are actual line height measurements. An lpi value specifies
line height in terms of lines per inch. The number must be positive
and may have two decimal places for all units except "DOTS." The
default unit is "DOTS."
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE
[SPACED] d DOTS
XDOTS
PTS
IN
CM
LPI
[[USING] FONT n]
[PER LINE]