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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-us">
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<meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" />
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<title>Font character sets</title>
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<a id="Top_Of_Page" name="Top_Of_Page"></a><!-- Java sync-link -->
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<a name="rzaluconfcs"></a>
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<h5 id="rzaluconfcs">Font character sets</h5>
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<p>Fonts are named in a number of ways. One way is with a character set name.
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These character sets are downloaded to the printer. Multiple code pages can
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be used with a single character set. For valid code pages that can be used
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with a character set, see the manual <cite>About Type: IBM's Technical Reference for 240-Pel Digitized Type</cite><span class="italic">,</span> GS544-3516.</p>
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<p>Some font character sets come with i5/OS; some can be downloaded from a System/390® to an iSeries server; some can be received from another iSeries server;
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and some are available as licensed programs.</p>
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<p>The following printers accept downloaded font character sets: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>3112 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3116 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3130 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3160 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3812 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3816 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3820</li>
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<li>3825</li>
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<li>3827</li>
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<li>3828 (MICR printer)</li>
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<li>3829</li>
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<li>3831</li>
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<li>3835</li>
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<li>3900–001</li>
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<li>3900–AFCCU (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3912 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3916 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3930 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>3935 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>4028 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>4312 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>4317 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>4324 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>Infoprint® 20 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>Infoprint 32 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>Infoprint 3000 (has resident fonts also)</li>
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<li>Infoprint 4000 (has resident fonts also)</li></ul>
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<p>The use of font character sets provides consistent or similar fonts across
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printers. For example, a document created at one location using a specific
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font character set could be sent to a different location, printed on a different
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model printer, and still look the same.</p>
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<p>With some exceptions, the above printers support font character sets that
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are 240 pels. The Infoprint 3000, Infoprint 4000, Infoprint 20, Infoprint 32, 4028, 3130, 3935, 4312, 4317, and 4324 printers support
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300-pel fonts. A pel is a picture element, representing the number of dots
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in a square inch (for example, 240 across and 240 down).</p>
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<p>The 3130, Infoprint 3000, and Infoprint 4000 printers support both 240 and
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300 pel fonts. The operator can select which mode the printer is in through
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the printer operator panel.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Naming convention for font character sets</span></p>
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<p>Font character set names on i5/OS can be up to 8 characters long. Each
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character or group of characters tells something about the font character
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set.</p>
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<p>For example, in the font character set name C0D0GT10: </p>
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<dl>
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<dt class="bold">C0</dt>
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<dd>The <span class="bold">C0</span> means that this object is a font character
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set.
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">D</dt>
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<dd>The <span class="bold">D</span> indicates the origin of the font. In this
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example, C0D0GT10 is a font character set designed for Document Control Facility
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(DCF) for a 3800 Model 1 printer or a 3825 printer.
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">0</dt>
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<dd>This <span class="bold">0</span> indicates that this font is for uniformly
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spaced and mixed-pitch font character sets.
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</dd>
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<dt class="bold">GT10</dt>
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<dd>The <span class="bold">GT10</span> indicates the type family, typeface,
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and pitch for uniformly spaced and mixed-pitch fonts. In this example, the
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GT10 means that this font character set is a Gothic Text style and the characters
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are 10 pitch or 10 characters per inch.
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>For more information about font character sets, see the manual <cite>About Type: IBM's Technical Reference for 240-Pel
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Digitized Type</cite><span class="italic">,</span> GS544-3516.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Selecting font character sets</span></p>
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<p>Select a font character set to use with an application program by specifying
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the 8-character font character set name as the value on the FNTCHRSET parameter
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of the printer file.</p>
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<p>If you choose to use font character sets with your applications, you must
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also specify a code page (by providing a value for the CDEPAG parameter of
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the printer file being used).</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Substituting font character sets</span></p>
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<p>Substitution is determined by i5/OS based on which font character sets
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are specified in the application, the type of printer to be used, and the
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value assigned to the fidelity parameter of the printer file being used (*CONTENT
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or *ABSOLUTE).</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Example 1</span></p>
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<p>Assume: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>The application calls for font character set C0D0GB10 (Gothic Bold, 10
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pitch).</li>
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<li>The printer supports only resident fonts.</li>
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<li>The fidelity parameter value is *CONTENT.</li></ul>
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<p>In this example, the spooled file will print with substituted font ID 39
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(Gothic Bold 10 pitch) because the fidelity parameter value is *CONTENT. If
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the fidelity parameter value had been *ABSOLUTE, the spooled file would be
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held on the output queue and it would not print.</p>
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<p><span class="bold">Example 2</span></p>
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<p>Assume: </p>
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<ul>
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<li>The application calls for FGID 51 (Matrix Gothic).</li>
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<li>The printer supports only downloaded font character sets.</li>
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<li>The fidelity parameter value is *CONTENT.</li></ul>
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<p>In this example, the spooled file will print. i5/OS substitutes a font
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character set (C0S0CR10, Courier Roman 10 pitch) for FGID 51. This is not
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an exact match. The system matched (as closely as possible) the font character
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to the FGID specified in the application.</p>
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<a name="wq47"></a>
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<div class="notetitle" id="wq47">Note:</div>
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<div class="notebody">In this example,
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if the fidelity parameter was *ABSOLUTE, the spooled file would be HELD.</div>
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