Purchase fonts
There are several different font products that you can purchase, depending
on your needs.
- IBM® Infoprint® Fonts for Multiplatforms (Program
5648-E77)
- IBM Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms licensed program is
the current and recommended font product. It is best for customers who are
in one of these categories:
- Those who do not already have AFP™ Font Collection
- Those who want to use the Font Installer for AFP Systems to install and manage TrueType
fonts.
- IBM Advanced Function Printing™ Fonts for AS/400® (Program
5769-FNT)
- This licensed program is only required for compatibility with older
font technology.
- IBM AFP Font Collection for Workstations and OS/400® (Program
5648-B45)
- This licensed program is only required for compatibility with older
font technology.
- IBM Advanced Function Printing DBCS Fonts for AS/400 (Program 5769-FN1)
- This licensed program is only required for compatibility with older
font technology.
There are many sources of TrueType fonts. However, not all TrueType fonts
are suitable for use in Advanced Function Presentation™ (AFP). In general,
a TrueType font that is to be installed and referenced in an AFP system must be
Unicode-enabled. A Unicode-enabled font has these characteristics:
- It must contain a Microsoft® Unicode subtable identified
by platform ID = 3 (Microsoft) and platform-specific encoding
ID = 1 (Unicode, UTF-16).
- It must specify a full font name (Name ID 4) using the same encoding in
the naming table.
The TrueType fonts included with i5/OS™ and the TrueType fonts available with
the IBM Infoprint Fonts for Multiplatforms licensed program are
suitable for use in AFP. The TrueType fonts included with i5/OS are installed
with option 43 Additional fonts.
Related information
IBM Infoprint Fonts: Font Summary PDF