Text Field; Image Field - Intermec EasyCoder E4 Programmer's Reference Manual

3. Text Field

EasyCoder E4 Direct Protocol v2.10 – Programmer's Reference Manual
A text fi eld consists of one or more alphanumeric characters on
the same line (max 1,800 characters). Intermec Direct Protocol
cannot wrap text to a new line, but each line must be specifi ed
as a separate text fi eld.
Intermec Direct Protocol has been extended to allow characters
from any national character set, such as Chinese, Cyrillic, and
Hebrew, to be included in a text fi eld. In this section we will
discuss the commands required to control the format of text
fi elds containing characters from the default Roman 8 character
set (see Chapter 11.1). The Direct Protocol commands related
to printing characters from other character sets are discussed in
Chapters 6.11 and 9.2.
In addition to the general formatting commands, PRPOS,
ALIGN, and DIR (see Chapter 4.2), a text fi eld can contain the
following commands:
• Font (typeface)
• Font Size (in points)
• Font Slant (in degrees)
• Magnifi cation
• Normal Image/Inverse Image
Select a Font
The FONT command specifi es the fi le name of the scaleable
font to use and the height and the italic angle with which the
characters will be printed.
FONT | FT "<font fi le name>" [,<font size>,<font slant>]
<font fi le name>
<font size>
<font slant>
Default:
Reset to default by:
Before using any of the standard fonts OCR-A BT, OCR-B 10
Pitch BT, or Zapf Dingbats BT, you must select a special charac-
ter set for that font using a NASC command (see Chapters 6.11,
9,2, and 11.1). Before switching back to any other font than
those mentioned above, you must specify the original character
set again by means of a new NASC command.
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the name of a Speedo or TrueType font fi le,
and must be enclosed by double quotation
marks.
the height of the characters in points (a point
is 1/72 inches/0.352 mm).
the italic angle of the characters in degrees; a
positive value slants the characters clockwise
away from the vertical.
"Swiss 721 BT", size 12p, slant 0°
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