AMT Datasouth Codewriter 4500 Series - Manual (Page 84)

Applications Overview
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Printing a Line
Label Output PAL Command Sequence
/Sans12.00pt findfont
12 scalefont
setfont
72 72 moveto
(Hello World!) show
72 68 moveto
144 68 lineto
stroke
Hello World!
1 "
1 "
1 _showpages
Purpose: Demonstrate drawing lines on a label. This example underlines the “Hello
World!” text from the previous example.
moveto - Position the drawing cursor at the desired location
The line will be positioned near the same location as the text, a bit lower in the y
direction to allow for a small space between the bottom of the text and the line. This
example uses the value 68, 4 points below the text (4/72 inches).
lineto – Set the dimensions for the line
The line will be drawn from the current position (72,68) to the position set by the lineto
(144,68). The vertical position did not change resulting in a horizontal line stretching
between the x locations of 72 and 144.
stroke – Draw the line
Actually draws the line specified by the lineto command.