Re: Fonts & RPG

Yes, you are absolutely correct Anton - I hadn't noticed that at all, wood for
the trees and all that. Thanks!

However... can't quite see how I'm going to change the font in the middle of a
field in the DDS.. the plot thickens.....

Cheers, Phil.




Anton Gombk

ötö <Gombkoetoe@ASsoft.com> on 13/04/2000 13:19:16

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Subject:  Re: Fonts & RPG

Are you sure that the "1" and the "8" are different wide? When i select
Arial and write 1111111111 in one row and in the one underneath 8888888888,
they have the same length. (Digits have the same width, normally. There are
exceptions from the rule, of course.)

I think that the blanks are your problem. "bbbbb1" and "888888" will lead to
a 1 standing much too far left. If this is the case, try to insert the font
changing sequence just before the first digit and leave the blanks in a
fixed space font.

If you have now just inserted the font change at the beginning of the data
stream, this is much work.
Then follow the advice and use a fixed space font.

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Von: <Phil.Conibere@tgb.toyota.co.uk>
An: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. April 2000 17:02
Betreff: Fonts & RPG


>
>
> Here's a little brain teaser. I have an RPG (and an EXTERNAL(!) PRTF) that
> prints customer statements. A requirement has been for the font to be made
Arial
> - which I have done (thanks to the help from this group), however, Arial
is a
> proportional font so a column of debits on the page all look out of
alignment
> (because a '1' is smaller than an '8' say), other than using a different
font
> for the debit values, does anybody know a way around this?
>
> Has anyone used ICS's Formsprint? Would this be an easier solution to
re-format
> the output?
>
> Ta,
> Phil.
>
>
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