Section 18: IBM Fonts AXIS 5470e User’s Manual198Section 18 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 offers an alternative font selection command. Please note thatmatrix printers only support a few fonts.Font selection commands may be included anywhere in yourdocuments. They begin with ‘percent-slash’ (%/) followed by theword FONT 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 (;).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 to aprinter resident PCL font, selected to make a close match to theoriginal IBM font. The IBM to PCL font mapping is controlled by theFont Definition Table. All entries in this table are fully editable, andyou can also add new entries.Note:%/FONT 11;This is 10 CPI CourierThis is 10 CPI CourierRefer to DBCS Support, on page 222 for details on DBCS font types supportedby the AXIS 5470e.
