FORMS DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
Other character-block orientations are shown in the “Command
examples” appendix.
TEXT IN BOX
Allows you to place text within a box.
Syntax
direction
TEXT
SPACED
d
units
PER
LINE
ALIGNED
alignment
USING
FONT
n
IN
position
BOX
y
unit
x
unit
‘text’
‘text’
...
IN
NEXT
direction
BOX
‘text’
‘text’
...;
Parameter options
direction
HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL
d
Amount of vertical space occupied by a line of text. All
specifications except lpi are actual line height measurements.
An lpi value specifies line height in terms of lines per inch.
The number must be positive and may have two decimal
places for all units except DOTS. The default unit is DOTS.
units
Units of linear measurement, expressed as inches (IN),
centimeters (CM), DOTS, XDOTS, points (PTS), or lines per
inch (LPI). If units are not specified, the measurement is in
grid units.
alignment
LEFT
RIGHT
CENTER
TOP
BOTTOM
n
Index number of the font to be used. If omitted, the system
uses the last font index specified in a TEXT command. If the
font was omitted in all previous TEXT commands, the system
uses the first font specified in the FONT command.
position
TOP LEFT or LEFT TOP
TOP CENTER or CENTER TOP
TOP RIGHT or RIGHT TOP
LEFT CENTER or CENTER LEFT
CENTER CENTER or CENTER
RIGHT CENTER or CENTER RIGHT
BOTTOM LEFT or LEFT BOTTOM
BOTTOM CENTER or CENTER BOTTOM
BOTTOM RIGHT or RIGHT BOTTOM
y
Coordinate on the y axis where the box origin is to be
located.
x
Coordinate on the x axis where the box origin is to be
located.
XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE
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