Downloading font correspondences – I-Data 5250 ALLY User Manual

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AGILE 5250 ALLY User’s Guide and Reference

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Downloading Font Correspondences

The 5250 ALLY supports the use of the Logical Not command used to

download font correspondences from the host System. The general format

for this command is:

¬¬(((

x

on=fontname

)))

where:

x

is any digit. It is ignored.

o

is either P for Portrait or L for Landscape. This character specifies in

which of the two font correspondence tables the entry should be placed. If

the last character of the font name (see below) is either P or L, then the

o

parameter is optional.

n

is the IBM GFID (typestyle number) to be used by the host System to

refer to the font. This value must be in the range of 1 - 65534. Leading

zeros in the GFID number are acceptable, but not required.

fontname

is the name of the font to be used. This name must be spelled

exactly as it is referred to by the printer. Case is also important, i.e.,

Titan10iso-P and titan10iso-P are different font names. Make certain that

the case is correct in the font name.
When the 5250 ALLY receives this command, it creates an entry in the

font correspondence table and turns the

fontname

into an escape

sequence that will select the font at the printer.
An example:

¬¬(((0

P11=Titan10iso-P

)))

The example above will add an entry to the portrait font correspondence

table that maps GFID (typestyle) number 11 to the font Titan10iso-P. The

P or L at the beginning of the entry is optional if the last character of the

font name is either P or L. For example:

¬¬(((0

11=Titan10iso-P

)))

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