Section 18: IPDS Overview AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e User’s Manual278Typographical FontsThis section deals with font width selections for typographical(proportional pitch) fonts.Note that when an unsupported typographical font (FGID range 512 -65534) is selected, the resulting font will be a fixed pitch and theselected font width value will be ignored.Default Font Width When the default font width is selected, the AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670ewill set a font width in one of the following ways depending on theselected IBM printer emulation:IBM 4028/4332 The font width is set to 67 (corresponding to a 10 point font).IBM 3812/3816 The font width is set to the smallest available value for the selectedFGID. For FGID 16951 (Century Schoolbook), the resulting font widthis 102 (12 points), and for FGID 5687 (Times Roman), the resultingfont width is 40 (6 points).Scalable Fonts If the selected font width (point size) is not available for the selectedFGID, the AXIS 5570e/AXIS 5670e will set a point size in one of thefollowing ways depending on the font:Times Roman,Helveticaand CenturySchoolbookThe font width value is converted to a point size used to dynamicallyscale the selected font. This means that you have a completely freechoice of point sizes (only limited by the host application) whenprinting with these fonts.Any othertypographical fontThe nearest smaller available font width for the selected FGID will beused. If a smaller font width is not available, the nearest larger fontwidth will be used.
