Typographical Fonts - Axis 570 User Manual

AXIS 570/670 User's Manual

Typographical Fonts

Default Font
Width
IBM 4028
IBM 3812/3816
Scalable Fonts
Times Roman,
Helvetica
and Century
Schoolbook
Any other
typographical font
This section deals with font width selections for typographical
(proportional pitch) fonts.
Note that when an unsupported typographical font (FGID range 512 -
65534) is selected, the resulting font will be a fixed pitch (see the table on
the previous page), and the selected font width value will be ignored.
When the default font width is selected, the AXIS 570/670 will set a font
width in one of the following ways depending on the selected IBM
printer emulation:
The font width is set to 67 (corresponding to a 10 point font).
The font width is set to the smallest available value for the selected FGID
according to the font list in Supported Resident Fonts, on page 242. For
FGID 16951 (Century Schoolbook), the resulting font width is 102 (12
points), and for FGID 5687 (Times Roman), the resulting font width is
40 (6 points).
If the selected font width (point size) is not available for the selected
FGID, the AXIS 570/670 will set a point size in one of the following ways
depending on the font:
The font width value is converted to a point size used to dynamically scale
the selected font. This means that you have a completely free choice of
point sizes (only limited by the host application) when printing with these
fonts.
The nearest smaller available font width for the selected FGID will be
used. If a smaller font width isn't available, the nearest larger font width
will be used.
Appendix G: IPDS Fonts
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