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Chapter 3-Label Design 3.3 Text Fields A single-line text field consists of one or several alphanumeric characters on the same line. There is no practical limit other than the size of the printable area on the media. Text is not wrapped to a new line, but each line must be specified as a separate text field. A multi-line text field consists of one or more lines with line-wrap and hyphenation inside a visible or imaginary box In addition to the instructions PRPOS, ALIGN, and DIR (see Chapter 3.2), a text field can contain the following instructions: Select Font The FONT instruction specifies the typeface, size, slant, and width of the simgle-byte Unicode font to be printed. The printer may contain various font sets, depending on market area and customer's requirements. Double-byte Unicode fonts can be used for single-line text fields by means of the FONTD instruction, see Chapter 8, "Advanced Features." Once a font has been specified, it will be used in all text fields until a new FONT instruction is executed. FONT | FT ""[,[,[,]]] is the name of a font enclosed by quotation marks. Default: "Swiss 721 BT". in points (1 point = 1/72 inch ≈ 0.352 mm) (not for bitmap fonts). Default: 12 is the angle of the characters in degrees (not for bitmap fonts). Default: 0 is the width in percent relative the size (not for bitmap fonts). Default: 100 The standard set of fonts contains the following 15 typefaces from Bitstream, Inc. The names are case-sensitive: "Century Schoolbook BT" "Dutch 801 Roman BT" "Futura Light BT" "Monospace 821 BT" "OCR-A BT" "Prestige 12 Pitch Bold BT" "Swiss 721 Bold BT" "Zurich Extra Condensed BT" "DingDings SWA" "Dutch 801 Bold BT" "Letter Gothic 12 Pitch BT" "Monospace 821 Bold BT" "OCT-B 10 Pitch BT" "Swiss 721 BT" "Swiss 721 Bold Condensed BT" Intermec Direct Protocol v.8.60-Programmer's Reference Manual 25

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Intermec Direct Protocol v.8.60—Programmer’s Reference Manual
25
Chapter 3—Label Design
3.3 Text Fields
A single-line text field consists of one or several alphanumeric characters
on the same line. °ere is no practical limit other than the size of the
printable area on the media. Text is not wrapped to a new line, but each
line must be specified as a separate text field.
A multi-line text field consists of one or more lines with line-wrap and
hyphenation inside a visible or imaginary box
In addition to the instructions
PRPOS
,
ALIGN
, and
DIR
(see Chapter 3.2),
a text field can contain the following instructions:
Select Font
°e
FONT
instruction specifies the typeface, size, slant, and width of
the simgle-byte Unicode font to be printed. °e printer may contain
various font sets, depending on market area and customer’s requirements.
Double-byte Unicode fonts can be used for single-line text fields by
means of the
FONTD
instruction, see Chapter 8, “Advanced Features.”
Once a font has been specified, it will be used in all text fields until a new
FONT
instruction is executed.
FONT | FT "<font name>"[,<size>[,<slant>[,<width>]]]
<font name>
is the name of a font enclosed by quotation marks. Default: "Swiss 721
BT".
<size>
in points (1 point = 1/72
inch ≈ 0.352 mm) (not for bitmap fonts). Default:
12
<slant>
is the angle of the characters in degrees (not for bitmap fonts). Default: 0
<width>
is the width in percent relative the size (not for bitmap fonts). Default: 100
°e standard set of fonts contains the following 15 typefaces from
Bitstream, Inc. °e names are case-sensitive:
"Century Schoolbook BT"
"DingDings SWA"
"Dutch 801 Roman BT"
"Dutch 801 Bold BT"
"Futura Light BT"
"Letter Gothic 12 Pitch BT"
"Monospace 821 BT"
"Monospace 821 Bold BT"
"OCR-A BT"
"OCT-B 10 Pitch BT"
"Prestige 12 Pitch Bold BT"
"Swiss 721 BT"
"Swiss 721 Bold BT"
"Swiss 721 Bold Condensed BT"
"Zurich Extra Condensed BT"