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AFP SUMMARY
IPS SOLUTIONS GUIDE 2-3
Overlays
Overlays are electronic forms that may contain lines, boxes, constant
text, and page segments. To include an overlay in a document, you
can reference it in a PageDef or FormDef or via a mixed-mode or
fully-composed AFPDS application.
Overlays are generated using IBM’s Overlay Generation Language
(OGL), AFP Utilities/400, and AFP Windows Driver, Elixir’s
ElixirForm for AFP, or ISIS’ Papyrus Designer. You may also be able
to use some of these products to add color to your overlays. For
example, Elixir’s ElixirForm for AFP allows you to add highlight color
to overlays.
Fonts
Fonts are the characters that make up the text included in a
document. AFP uses many different types of fonts, such as
compatibility, sonoran (standard), outline, and core interchange. For
more information about using fonts with DocuPrint IPS printers, refer
to Chapter 4, “IPS application migration.”
IBM also offers the AFP Font Collection, which contains over 1000
fonts including Times New Roman, Helvetica, and Courier. These
fonts are supplied in raster and outline formats. The raster version
fonts come in various sizes and resolutions while the outline fonts are
independent of printer resolution.
Fonts can be created or modified using IBM’s Font Library Services
Facility (FLSF), Elixir’s ElixirFont for AFP, or ISIS’ OverView Font &
Image Editor.