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<h1 class="topictitle1">FONT (Font) keyword in printer files</h1>
<div><p>Use this record- or field-level keyword to specify the font ID
for printing a named or constant field or fields within a record.</p>
<div class="section"><p>The format of the keyword is:</p>
<pre>FONT(font-identifier | &font-identifier-field
[(*POINTSIZE height-value | &height-value-field
width-value | &width-value-field)])</pre>
<p>The font-identifier
is a required parameter and must be the first parameter following the keyword.
Specify either a numeric font identifier or a graphic font name, or *VECTOR.</p>
<p>You
can specify the font-identifier as a constant or program-to-system field as
shown in the following examples:</p>
<ul><li><samp class="codeph">font-identifier...</samp></li>
<li><samp class="codeph">&field1...</samp></li>
</ul>
<p>When you specify the font-identifier as a program-to-system field,
the field must exist in the same record format as the FONT keyword. It must
be defined as length of 10, data type A (character), and usage P (program-to-system).</p>
<p>For
scalable printer-resident fonts, you can use the optional point-size parameter
to further define a numeric font that specifies a point size. Specify the
point-size parameter as an expression of the following form:</p>
<pre>(*POINTSIZE height-value width-value)</pre>
<p>The
height-value specifies the point size for the height of the font. The width-value
specifies the point size for the width of the font. If the font is to be uniformly
scaled (where the height and width are the same), then you can specify only
the height-value. You cannot specify the width-value without the height-value.
The valid values for this parameter are 0.1 through 999.9.</p>
<p>You can specify
the point-size height and point-size width as constants, as program-to-system
fields, or as a combination of both, as shown in the following examples:</p>
<ul><li><samp class="codeph">[(*POINTSIZE height-value &field1)]</samp></li>
<li><samp class="codeph">[(*POINTSIZE &field2 width-value)]</samp></li>
</ul>
<p>When you specify the point-size height-value or width-value as a program-to-system
field, the fields must exist in the same record format as the FONT keyword.
They must be defined as length 4 with 1 decimal position, data type S, and
usage P (program-to-system).</p>
<p>For non-scalable printer-resident fonts,
the point size parameter is ignored.</p>
<p>For DEVTYPE(*IPDS), the width parameter
of the point size is ignored.</p>
<p>A warning message is issued at create
time if you specify the point-size parameter on the FONT keyword with a graphic
font name, or *VECTOR. In that case, the point-size parameter is ignored.</p>
<p>If
you do not specify this keyword, the font ID and point size are set by the
font parameter on the CRTPRTF, CHGPRTF, or OVRPRTF command. If you specify
this keyword at the record level, all fields in the record format use the
same font ID and point size except those for which you specify the FONT keyword
at the field level.</p>
<p>You can specify graphic fonts (alphanumeric characters)
or hardware fonts (numeric font identifiers). For graphic fonts, use graphic
symbol sets (GSS) available with an <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> server, GDDM<sup>®</sup>,
PGR, and BGU. Only vector symbols (where each character is built with a set
of straight or curved lines) are supported; however, most of the vector symbol
sets supplied by an <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> server
and GDDM are
supported. Image symbols are not supported. In searching for the graphic symbol
set, *LIBL will be used for the qualified library name.</p>
<p>The name of
a graphic font can consist of up to 10 alphanumeric characters.</p>
<p>The
hardware font can consist of up to 10 digits and must be a registered font
number. See the <a href="../books/g5445846.pdf" target="_blank">IBM<sup>®</sup> infoprint
fonts: Font summary</a><img src="wbpdf.gif" alt="Link
to PDF" /> book for a listing of font IDs.</p>
<p>You can specify
*VECTOR on the FONT keyword to take advantage of vector fonts on the 4234 IPDS™ printer.
Vector fonts print expanded characters faster than they can be printed using
the PRTQLTY(*DRAFT) keyword. Use the CHRSIZ keyword to specify expanded characters.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> When
you specify FONT(*VECTOR) with the CHRSIZ keyword, the 4234 printer uses a
default code page.</div>
<div class="p">Vector fonts are valid only for the following
characters: <ul><li>A through Z</li>
<li>0 through 9</li>
<li>Special characters (. + $ * - / % and a blank)</li>
</ul>
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<p>If the data to be printed contains any characters other than these,
all characters are printed using a default font on the printer.</p>
<p>FONT(*VECTOR)
has no effect on characters that have not been expanded. If FONT(*VECTOR)
is specified on a record or field for which CHRSIZ (1 1) applies or to which
no CHRSIZ keyword applies, a warning message is issued.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you use
FONT(*VECTOR) on a 4224 or 3812 printer, the printer uses a default font and
code page.</div>
<p>The font name or number and the point size values are
not checked during file creation. If the specified font-id and point size
values are not valid, a diagnostic is issued while the record prints and the
keyword are not used.</p>
<p>When FONT is specified at the field level, overlapping
fields are not diagnosed.</p>
<p>When
you use a graphics font on the CRTPRTF, CHGPRTF, or OVRPRTF command, the font
ID has an implied page code associated with it. To get the code you want,
you must use the proper font ID; the code page specified on the CHRID parameter
is not used.</p>
<p>If you specify OCR-A font with the CHRID
keyword, the fonts require code pages 892. If you specify OCR-B font with
the CHRID keyword, the fonts require code pages 893.</p>
<p>A warning message
is issued at create-time if a FONT DDS keyword is specified in a file created
with DEVTYPE(*IPDS) and FONT(*DEVD). For SCS printer files, the FONT keyword
is ignored when the record or field is printed. For IPDS printers, the FONT keyword can be changed
at the record or field level.</p>
<p>When printing a file that uses the FONT
keyword to an IPDS AFP(*YES)
printer that does not support registered fonts, a font substitution is performed.</p>
<p>When
you specify FONT(*CPI) with either the CRTPRTF, CHGPRTF, or OVRPRTF command
to a device that uses font support, the host system selects a font with the
pitch of the CPI for the current printer file.</p>
<p>FONT(graphic-font-name)
and CHRID cannot apply to the same field. The CHRID keyword is ignored if:</p>
<ul><li>You specify FONT(graphic-font-name) and CHRID on the same field.</li>
<li>You specify FONT(graphic-font-name) at the record level and a field in
the record specifies CHRID but not a numeric FONT.</li>
</ul>
<p>You cannot specify FONT at the same level as the CDEFNT and FNTCHRSET
keywords.</p>
<p>You can specify this keyword only once for each record and
once per field.</p>
<p>This keyword is valid for data types A, S, and F.</p>
<p>Option
indicators are valid for this keyword.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Example</h4><p>The following example shows how to specify
the FONT keyword.</p>
<pre>|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
00010A R RECORD1
00020A 02 03 FONT(222)
00030A FLD1 6A 16 01
00040A 01 FONT(ADMMVSS)
00050A FLD2 6S 20 01
00060A R RECORD2
00070A 04 FONT(16951 (*POINTSIZE 10))
00080A FLD3 6A 16 01
00090A 05 FONT(16951 (*POINTSIZE 12))
00100A FLD4 6S 20 01FONT(4919)
00110A
00120A FLD5 10A 30 01FONT(416 +
00130A 05 (*POINTSIZE 5.0 3.0))</pre>
<p>FLD1
uses the multinational vector symbol set (FONT(ADMMVSS)) if indicator 01 is
on, or Gothic 15 (FONT(222)) if indicator 01 is off and indicators 02 and
03 are on. Otherwise, the font specified on the CRTPRTF command is used.</p>
<p>FLD2
uses Gothic 15 if indicators 02 and 03 are on. Otherwise, the font specified
on the CRTPRTF command is used.</p>
<p>FLD3 uses Century Schoolbook** with
a point size of 12 (FONT(16951 (*POINTSIZE 12))) if indicator 05 is on, or
Century Schoolbook with a point size of 10 if indicator 05 is off and indicator
04 is on. Otherwise, the font specified on the CRTPRTF command is used.</p>
<p>FLD4
uses Goudy old style (FONT(4919)).</p>
<p>FLD5 specifies font 416 with a vertical
point size of 5.0 and a horizontal point size of 3.0.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakdmstprkey.htm" title="See the valid keyword entries for defining printer files in this topic.">Keyword entries for printer files (positions 45 through 80)</a></div>
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