6-26 HP PCL Font Characteristics
Alternate Font Definition (AD)
This command is similiar to the Standard Font Definition (SD) command that defines the
primary HPGL/2 font. In addition the AD command defines an alternate HPGL/2 font and
its characteristics: symbol set, font spacing, pitch, height, posture, stroke weight, and
typeface. It allows the font characteristics to be assigned to the secondary (alternate) font
definition.
AD
kind
,
value
... [,
kind
,
value;
] or AD [
;
]
Table 6-21 Alternate Font Definition Command Parameters
Parameter
Format
Functional Range
Default
kind
clamped integer
1 to 7
None
value
clamped real
Kind dependent
*
Kind dependent
*
*
See Table 6-22.
The printer interprets the parameters as follows:
No parameters - Defaults the alternate font characteristics to that of the Stick font (see
Table 6-21.
Kind - Specifies the characteristic for which you are setting a value (see Table 6-22).
Table 6-22 Kind Parameter Characteristics
Kind
Characteristic
Default Value
Description
1
Symbol set
277
Roman-8
2
Font spacing
0
fixed spacing
3
Pitch
9
characters per inch
4
Height
11.5
font point size
5
Posture
upright
upright
6
Stroke weight
0
medium
7
Typeface
48
Stick (fixed vector)
Value - Defines the properties of the characteristic specifed by the
kind
parameter.
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