Character Plot Instructions - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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6.6. Character Plot Instructions

Instruction
SD
AD
SS
SA
FI
FN
LB
DT
LO
DI
DR
DV
CP
CF
SI
SR
SL
SB
ES
TD
Introduction
The character group commands enable you to print text to accompany your HP-GL/2 generated graphics
without leaving graphics mode. You can use any font that would be available to you in LaserJet
emulation mode, and you can modify various printing characteristics of the text, for example the size,
direction and slant of the characters.
SD - Define Standard Font
SD [ attribute, value ] [..] [;]
attribute ; a font attribute to be defined
value ; the value of the attribute
• This command allows you to define the standard font and its attribute.
• attribute takes a value from 1-7. 1=symbol set, 2=spacing, 3=pitch, 4=height, 5=posture, 6=stroke weight
and 7=typeface.
• value selects an option for the specified attribute.
• If the defined font is not available another font is selected that matches the defined font's specified attributes
as closely as possible. The symbol set attribute has the highest priority for matching, and typeface has the
lowest.
• If you omit all parameters, the default standard font attributes are used. These are shown below.
Function
Define Standard Font
Define Alternate Font
Select Standard Font
Select Alternate Font
Select Primary Font
Select Secondary Font
Define Label
Define Label Terminator
Label Origin
Absolute Direction
Relative Direction
Define Variable Text Path
Character Plot
Character Fill Mode
Set Absolute Character Size
Set Relative Character Size
Set Character Slant
Scalable or Bitmap Fonts
Extra Space
Transparent Data
Attribute Meaning
1 Symbol set
2 Spacing
3 Pitch
4 Height
5 Posture
6 Stroke weight
7 Typeface
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Default value Description
277 Roman-8
0 Monospacing
9 9 cpi
11.5 11.5 point
0 Upright characters
0 Medium
48 Stick font