Oce XDL Reference Manual page 86

Summary of LINE Command Parameters
If FONTINDEX and OVERPRINT=MERGE are specified and proportional fonts are being
used, data lines are not properly aligned if printing in landscape mode, and the data switch-
es to a larger font in the middle of the line.
Multiple fonts
When multiple fonts of various sizes are used on a single page, the line spacing of any par-
ticular line is determined by the largest font in use in the previous line. The current line can
also be adjusted downward by the difference in height between the first and the largest font
in the current line. The line spacing of the first line in a report is determined by the first font
in the PDE, provided the FONTINDEX parameter has not been specified. When FONTIN-
DEX is specified, the line spacing of the first line of a report is determined by the font indi-
cated by the font index value in the first line of the report. If there is no font index value in
the record and FONTINDEX is specified, the line spacing for the first line of the report is
determined by the first font in the PDE. When the FONTINDEX or CME parameters are
specified, the line spacing of the first line of subsequent pages is determined by the line
spacing of the font called out by the last font index of the previous page into the current PDL
font list. If a PDE DJDE has occurred prior to the page transition, the font used for the line
spacing comes from this list.
The height of the last font used determines the initial base line of that first print line.
The FONTINDEX byte, if selected, is processed for every record, DJDEs, RPAGE, and all
criteria records. A valid FONTINDEX byte should be present in all records since it controls
line spacing and override line spacing at page transitions.
Font index and ink bytes
It is advisable to put the font index byte in the beginning of a variable record to conserve
tape space. The byte must be present in every record.
If the offset to the font index value exceeds the logical record size, the first font in the font
list is used, except when HOST=UNIVAC is specified. If HOST=UNIVAC is specified, the
byte located at the specified font index offset is processed. The font index byte must be lo-
cated at the beginning of the record if Univac Fielddata and ASCII records are intermixed
within the file.
Print line data
When changing the print line data to a value greater than the default value (150), the
LENGTH parameter of the RECORD command must also be changed accordingly. (Refer
to the "RECORD command" section of the chapter "Specifying input parameters".)
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