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Chapter 4— Scalable Text
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What is Scalable Text?
Scalable text allows you to print text at any point size. You can specify the
point size for both the x and y directions to produce characters that are
“stretched” in either their width or height. Point sizes specified and text
produced prints at 72 points equating to 25.4 mm (1 inch).
The printer can contain scalable font files as part of the application, or you
can download scalable font files to the printer using the Intermec PLUS
application. A scalable text file must be present in your printer’s memory
in order to use scalable text features.
Scale-Text Commands
Purpose: The Scale-Text commands allow you to specify the point size of both the
width and height of the font.
Format:
{ command } { name } { width } { height } { x } { y } { data }
where:
{command}: Choose from the following:
SCALE-TEXT: Prints scaled text horizontally.
(or ST)
VSCALE-TEXT: Prints scaled text vertically.
(or VST)
{name}: Font name. For help, see “Resident Font Samples” in
Chapter 3.
{width}: Font width (point size). For help, see Appendix D, “Font
Information.”
{height}: Font height (point size). For help, see Appendix D, “Font
Information.”
{x}: Horizontal starting position. For help, see “Label Coordinate
System” in Chapter 1.
{y}: Vertical starting position. For help, see “Label Coordinate
System” in Chapter 1.
{data}: Text to be printed.
Example Input:
Input (SCALE.LBL):
! 0 200 200 300 1
CENTER
; Print using x and y scales of 10 points
SCALE-TEXT PLL_LAT.CSF 10 10 0 10 10 POINT FONT
; Print using x scale of 20 points and y scale
; of 10 points
SCALE-TEXT PLL_LAT.CSF 20 10 0 80 WIDER FONT