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Bitmap Fonts
Font Aliases
Chapter 6 Fonts
Starting with Intermec Fingerprint 7.2, it is possible to use fonts in the “old”
Intermec bitmap font format (.ATF). This feature improves compatibility
with custom-made programs originally created in Fingerprint 6.xx or earlier
versions.
Downloading an .ATF font (e.g. XX030RSN.ATF) to the printer produces
three fonts in the memory; one without any extension (e.g. XX030RSN), one
with the extension .1 (e.g. XX030RSN.1), and one with the extension .2 (e.g.
XX030RSN.2). When using bitmap fonts in Fingerprint 7.2 or later, the
relation between print direction and extension is of no consequence.
It is recommended to exclude the font height parameter in the FONT and
BARFONT statements and use MAG to enlarge the font. Slant does not work
at all with bitmap fonts.
The standard font names in Intermec Fingerprint are much longer than in
earlier versions of Fingerprint and may be cumbersome to use. They are also
incompatible with the LAYOUT statement, which restricts the font name to
10 characters.
However, it is possible to create a file containing a list of font aliases. The file
should be named exactly as shown here (note the leading period character that
specifies it as a system file):
"c:.FONTALIAS"
The format of the file should be:
"",""[,size[,[,]]]
"",""[,size[,[,]]]
"",""[,size[,[,]]]
etc., etc.
The file can contain as many fontname aliases as required. The default size
is 12 points, the default slant is 0°, and the default width is 100 (%).
A font alias can be used as any other font, but its size, slant, and width can not
be changed.
Examples:
"BODYTEXT","Century Schoolbook BT",10,0,80
"HEADLINE","Swiss 721 Bold BT",18,0,110
"WARNING","Swiss 721 BT",12
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