It is possible to create individual font numbers, and link them manually to an installed soft font, but it can be some tedious work, if you e.g. want to define multiple sizes of the same font. The work becomes even more, if you want to use the same soft font (True Type Font) for codepages, that belong to different ASCIII codesets, because then you need to install the soft font for each ASCII codeset, that you want to generate.
The quick, efficient shortcut is to define a new universal font for all outputs: PCL, PDF, IDP and ZPL. With this you refer to a True Type Font, select a font range, and then InterForm400 will create the same font in many different sizes and prepare the Type Type Font for any ASCII codeset, which means you can immediately start to use the new fonts without any additional configuration.
The procedure to install a universal font is shown in this video:
Installation of universal fonts
To install a new universal font you first need to upload the True Type Font in question to the IFS inside /APF3812Home/Work. Now you select these options work with the universal fonts:
80. Administering InterForm400
4. Work with fonts
2. Work with universal fonts
Then you see this screen:
Work with universal soft fonts FNT350D
Position to . . . . . . Font name
Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 4=Delete 5=Display 8=Dsp. attributes 9=Where used
Opt Font name Description COMIC Comic Sans MS
End F3=Exit F5=Refresh F6=Create F12=Cancel
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If you select option 4=Delete for a universal font, then InterForm400 will delete:
•The related font number for PCL/PDF and label file sets.
•The related soft fonts for PCL/PDF and label file sets.
•Entries in auto download for printer groups *PCL and *PDF.
You can use option 9=Where used to display a list of all overlays, that are using one of the related font numbers for a universal font.
If e.g. InterForm400 refuse to delete a universal font with the message:
Universal font in use. Use the where used option to find out where.
- then you can use option 9=Where used to identify the involved overlays, and even the line numbers in the overlay, where the fonts are used.
To install a new soft font (True Type Font), you press F6=Create:
Install Universal TrueType font from /APF3812Home/Work FNT355D
PC file . . . . . . . . . . ARIAL.TTF
F3=Exit F4=List F12=Cancel
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Here you can press F4 to select the TTF file with ‘1' or type the name of the file. Press Enter to proceed:
PC file . . . . . . . . . : ARIAL.TTF
Font name . . . . . . . . : Arial
Universal font name . . . . Arial F4=List
Universal font description Arial KSE test
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Please note, that there are only 6 characters available for the universal font name. That limit is necessary as InterForm400 will create multiple soft fonts - one for each ASCII codeset, and each need a unique name. You can press F4 to view the list of fonts already taken. You need to select a (new) name, that is not listed here.
The description is retrieved from the soft font, and will be used for both the soft font descriptions and descriptions for the font numbers, that will be created. You can change it now before proceeding. The changed description will be used for the font numbers.
When you hit Enter, InterForm400 will find list the possible font ranges (a complete font range xx00-xx99 must be free for both PCL/PDF and Label/Zebra file sets in order to be listed):
Available intervals for universal font numbers FNT357D
Select font interval to be used for new universal font.
1=Select Opt Interval 59nn 65nn 68nn 69nn 72nn 73nn 74nn 75nn 76nn 77nn 78nn 79nn 81nn 83nn +
F3=Exit F12=Cancel
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Select the font range, that you want to use with ‘1=Select’ and press Enter.
Now InterForm400 lists the font sizes, that will be created. You can edit this list, if needed:
Define sizes for universal font FNT358D
2=Change 4=Delete Opt Fontnbr Height Description 9704 4,00 Arial KSE test 4 Pt 9705 5,50 Arial KSE test 5.50 Pt 9706 6,00 Arial KSE test 6 Pt 9708 7,92 Arial KSE test 8 Pt 9710 10,08 Arial KSE test 10 Pt 9712 12,00 Arial KSE test 12 Pt 9713 12,96 Arial KSE test 13 Pt 9714 13,92 Arial KSE test 14 Pt 9715 15,12 Arial KSE test 15 Pt 9716 16,08 Arial KSE test 16 Pt 9717 17,04 Arial KSE test 17 Pt 9718 18,00 Arial KSE test 18 Pt 9719 18,96 Arial KSE test 19 Pt +
Press F3 or F12 to leave creation of universal font. Press F16 to accept sizes and continue creating universal font.
F3=Exit F6=Add F12=Cancel
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The size of the fonts are rounded to the nearest 0.24 point, to ensure the same size in both PCL and PDF. As default the font numbers are named xxyy, where:
xx is the font range selected earlier.
yy is the size of the font.
The size is as default also included as a part of the description, but you can change the descriptions with 2=Change.
You can delete one or more of the suggested font numbers with option 4=Delete and create additional font numbers with F6=Create.
When/if you are happy with the settings, you can start the process, that creates all the soft fonts, font numbers and auto download specification by pressing F16. Have patience as this is a longer running function.
You can also abandon the process now with F3 or F12.
The result
After adding a new universal soft font like described above, the font numbers are immediately available for use in any codepage in any kind of output in InterForm400.
After creating the new universal font, you will see these changes:
•The input soft font has been installed for all supported ASCII codesets, where the last 3 characters indicate the ASCII codeset e.g.:
ARIALAR ARIALBA ARIALCE ARIALCEE ARIALCY ARIALCYE ARIALGR ARIALTY ARIALWE ARIALWEE ARIALX |
Arial Arabic Arial Baltic Arial Central Europe Arial Central Europe with Euro Arial Cyrilic Arial Cyrilic with Euro Arial Greek Arial Turkey Arial Western Arial Western with Euro Arial Unicode |
•The soft fonts above have been installed for PCL, PDF and for Label file sets.
•The font numbers have been created with the requested descriptions:
9704 9705 9706 9708 Etc.. |
Arial KSE test 4 Pt Arial KSE test 5.50 Pt Arial KSE test 6 Pt Arial KSE test 8 Pt |
•The auto download configuration has been prepared, so that all the font numbers are linked with all the soft fonts created - for the PCL,PDF printer groups:
Soft Fonts to be downloaded automatic PGR330D
Printer group name . . . : *PCL
Start with . . . . . . . .
Type option, Press Enter. 2=Update 4=Delete
Opt Font number Symbol set Font member 9704 Greek ARIALAR 9704 UCS2 unicode ARIAL 9704 Roman-8 ARIALWE 9704 PC-8 ARIALCE 9704 Western w/o Euro ARIALBA 9704 Central Europe w/o Euro ARIALWEE 9704 Baltic ARIALCY 9704 Western with Euro ARIALCYE 9704 Cyrillic w/o Euro ARIALTY 9704 Cyrillic with Euro ARIALGR 9704 Turkish ARIALCEE More... F3=Exit F5=Refresh F6=Add F12=Cancel
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Soft Fonts to be downloaded automatic PGR330D
Printer group name . . . : *PDF
Start with . . . . . . . .
Type option, Press Enter. 2=Update 4=Delete
Opt Font number Symbol set Font member Font embedding 9704 UCS2 unicode ARIALX *ALLWAYS 9704 Western ARIALXWE *ALLWAYS 9704 Central European ARIALXCE *ALLWAYS 9704 Baltic ARIALXBA *ALLWAYS 9704 Turkish ARIALXTY *ALLWAYS 9704 Cyrillic ARIALXCY *ALLWAYS 9704 Greek ARIALXGR *ALLWAYS 9704 Arabic ARIALXAR *ALLWAYS 9704 Hebrew ARIALXHE *ALLWAYS 9705 UCS2 unicode ARIALX *ALLWAYS 9705 Western ARIALXWE *ALLWAYS More... F3=Exit F5=Refresh F6=Add F12=Cancel
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•The Label/Zebra fonts created are also linked with the installed Label soft fonts:
Soft fonts:
ARIALAR ARIALBA ARIALCE ARIALCY ARIALGR ARIALHE ARIALTY ARIALWE |
Arabic Baltic Central European Cyrillic Greek Hebrew Turkish Western |
TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial TrueType Arial |
The soft fonts are linked to each font number:
Change zebra font ZEB370D
Font . . . . . . . . . . : 9704 Other fonts
Description . . . . . . . . Arial KSE test 4 Pt
Height . . . . . . . . . . 4,00 1,00-792,00 Relative width . . . . . . 1,00 0,20-5,00 Replace 0 with Ø . . . . . 0 = No, 1 = Yes Special EBCDIC codepage . .
Soft font member name per symbolset Note: Western . . . . . . . . . ARIALWE Intermec printers does Central European . . . . ARIALCE not support relative Baltic . . . . . . . . . ARIALBA width. Turkish . . . . . . . . . ARIALTY Cyrillic . . . . . . . . ARIALCY Greek . . . . . . . . . . ARIALGR Arabic . . . . . . . . . ARIALAR Hebrew . . . . . . . . . ARIALHE Special . . . . . . . . . UCS2 unicode . . . . . . ARIALX F3=Exit F4=Prompt F12=Cancel
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