This section contains information about AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) compatibility fonts, character identifiers and other printing characteristics as well as several tables to help you understand font substitution. Font substitution is done by i5/OS when the application specifies a font ID that is not supported by the designated printer or cannot be downloaded from the server to the designated printer.
Font charts
Provides
examples to familiarize you with font substitution on i5/OS.
Font information
Provides
a list of i5/OS supported fonts and their attributes.
Font attributes and font types
Provides
a description of font attributes and font types.
Printer font support
Provides
a list of which fonts are supported by certain printers and what fonts can
be substituted if a particular font is not supported.
Font substitution by font ID range
Provides
font substitution information for fonts not found in Printer font support.
Mapping host-resident to printer-resident font character sets
Provides
host resident font substitution information for certain printer types.
Mapping printer-resident to host-resident code pages
Provides
substitution information for printer resident code page for certain printer
types.
Mapping printer-resident to host-resident font character sets
Provides
printer resident font substitution information for certain printer types.
CHRID values supported
Provides
a list of which character identifiers (CHRIDs) are supported by certain printers.
Mapping host-resident to printer-resident code pages
Provides
host resident code page substitution information for certain printer types.
LPI values supported
Provides
lines per inch (LPI) information for certain printers.
CPI values supported
Provides
characters per inch (CPI) information for certain printers.
4019 printer information
Provides
information unique to the 4019 printer.
4234 compressed font substitution by lines per inch (LPI)
value
Provides
information unique to the 4234 printer.