AXIS 5470e/570/670e User’s Manual Appendix D: IBM Fonts 251Appendix D IBM FontsFont Selection,Coax PrinterEmulationsFonts can be indirectly selected by the IBM system using pitchselection (CPI). In order to gain full access to the fonts the AXIS5470e/570/670e offers an alternative font selection command. Pleasenote that matrix printers only support a few fonts.Font selection commands may be included anywhere in yourdocuments. They begin with ‘percent-slash’ (%/) followed by the wordFONT and the font number (Font Global Identifier, FGID). Anoptional point size value, preceded by a comma, may be included. Thecommand is ended by a semi-colon (;).Example:The following example shows how to select the 10 CPI Courier (fixedpitch) font.Resulting printout:Font Selection,Twinax PrinterEmulationsFonts are selected by a FGID (Font Global Identifier) and mapped toa printer resident PCL font, selected to make a close match to theoriginal IBM font. The IBM to PCL font mapping is controlled bythe Font Definition Table. All entries in this table are fully editable,and you can also add new entries.Note:%/FONT 11;This is 10 CPI CourierThis is 10 CPI CourierRefer to Appendix G - DBCS Support on page 275 for details on DBCS fonttypes supported by the AXIS 5470e/570/670e.
