RE: DDS PRTF FONT QUESTIONS

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I am looking for a list of fonts than can be used in DDS print file
>type *AFPDS. 

There isn't a graphical list as far as I know; my experience in the past is
that the fonts appear a bit different on each manufacturer's printer.

>I have to do a form with data that has over 10 
>different character sizes, some bold, some not. 

It sounds like somebody has already chosen the fonts/sizes?

>I started creating a sample of each font, but this will take a while. 

It will indeed.

>I need a font that can scale from tiny legal print to 1/2 inch 
>characters. Bold, italic & regular. 

"a font" like a single font, or several fonts?  At least one bold, one
italic, one small, one large?

>Also don't understand the character size on typographic fonts.
>I thought a size = 1 is 1/72 inch, 2=2/72, etc. But when I do 
>font 2304 (Helvetica Roman) size 1 looks like regular 10 cpi,
>not the tiny print of 1/72 inch. The CRTPRTF fails if I specify
>a size of 0.2 to try & get smaller. 

It works for me here on V4R5, and I suspect it was OK on V4R3 but I can't
prove it. Did you compile devtype(*AFPDS)?
1'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
 FONT(2304 (*POINTSIZE 10))  
 SPACEA(1)                   

I can't read the pointsize 1... 1/72nd of an inch is pretty small!

>Can anyone help me with what works here? Must be done 
>by tomorrow. Do not have AFP product or PSF other than
>base parts loaded by default. V4R4 - (V4R5 soon). 
 
Tight schedules are no fun.  There's no simple way to get a printed listing
that I know of.  Make the samples and get approval from the layout person.
Here's my template:

1'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
 FONT(221)                   
 SPACEA(1)                   
1'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
 FONT(221)                   
 SPACEA(1)                   
1'1234567890'                
 FONT(221)                   
 SPACEA(1)                   
4'Prestige 15 (221)'         
 SPACEA(1)                   

Buck Calabro
Commsoft; Albany, NY
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